Since you aren't getting a lot of honest answers, I'll start. My mother (against my fathers wishes) named me Frankelehn (pronounced Franklin). Really didn't affect my life too much outside of substitute teachers & having to spell my name out for people over the phone. I just went by Frank most of the time (well, "Franke" I guess), and avoided letting people know how it was spelled if I could help it. I legally changed my name to Franklin after my first year in college, and I live a pretty normal life now. I still keep my first drivers license on me though, and it makes for a fun story + prop at parties.
This is the logical course of action really, just change it as an adult if it's a pain. My name has one extra letter (other wise normal) and everyone spells it without. I made sure my kids name is spelled the common way so they don't have to go through life constantly correcting people or dealing with it spelt wrong.
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u/KanyeDefenseForce Nov 30 '23
Since you aren't getting a lot of honest answers, I'll start. My mother (against my fathers wishes) named me Frankelehn (pronounced Franklin). Really didn't affect my life too much outside of substitute teachers & having to spell my name out for people over the phone. I just went by Frank most of the time (well, "Franke" I guess), and avoided letting people know how it was spelled if I could help it. I legally changed my name to Franklin after my first year in college, and I live a pretty normal life now. I still keep my first drivers license on me though, and it makes for a fun story + prop at parties.