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<blockquote data-quote="Asmor" data-source="post: 3212545" data-attributes="member: 1154">Maybe a case of grass-is-greener...But my name is Ian. Not even a horrendously rare name in the US, and from what I understand it's pretty common across the pond.Unfortunately, I did not grow up and do not live across the pond. I live in the US with a name many people aren't familiar with and whose spelling is not immediately obvious. It's a huge pain in the ass. Every time I give my name over the phone, &quot;Ian...&quot; &quot;Ann?&quot; &quot;No, Ian.&quot; &quot;...E-A-N?&quot; &quot;I-A-N.&quot; Wasn't much better as a kid, either, but to be fair I don't have any specific memories of being bullied because of my unusual name.Not to mention the fact that I live in the Boston area, so half the people pronounce my name correctly but it still sounds like &quot;Ann,&quot; and the rest of the when pronounce the word &quot;And&quot; as &quot;EE-ANN&quot; and it just leads to a ton of confusion...I've grown used to it, but I think my life would be a teeny, tiny bit easier if I was named John or Jack or Matt.I'd probably like to name my kids something that's not terribly common, but still recognizable. Of course, my fiancée's name is Rebecca, so she's dead set against anything that's common or biblical... Sigh... Maybe I'll get her to compromise and we can name the kid &quot;Alouwiscious (sp?) Danger&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asmor, post: 3212545, member: 1154"] Maybe a case of grass-is-greener... But my name is Ian. Not even a horrendously rare name in the US, and from what I understand it's pretty common across the pond. Unfortunately, I did not grow up and do not live across the pond. I live in the US with a name many people aren't familiar with and whose spelling is not immediately obvious. It's a huge pain in the ass. Every time I give my name over the phone, "Ian..." "Ann?" "No, Ian." "...E-A-N?" "I-A-N." Wasn't much better as a kid, either, but to be fair I don't have any specific memories of being bullied because of my unusual name. Not to mention the fact that I live in the Boston area, so half the people pronounce my name correctly but it still sounds like "Ann," and the rest of the when pronounce the word "And" as "EE-ANN" and it just leads to a ton of confusion... I've grown used to it, but I think my life would be a teeny, tiny bit easier if I was named John or Jack or Matt. I'd probably like to name my kids something that's not terribly common, but still recognizable. Of course, my fiancée's name is Rebecca, so she's dead set against anything that's common or biblical... Sigh... Maybe I'll get her to compromise and we can name the kid "Alouwiscious (sp?) Danger" ;) [/QUOTE]

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