Do people ever call you by the wrong name?

United States
January 29, 2007 5:28am CST
If so, what do they call you? Is there one name that people always mis-call you? My name is Diana but people will often call me DEANNA or Diane. I do not mind Diane (although it's so easy to add the extra "a" at the end but I really dislike being called Deanna. My brother use to call me that to tease me and it still bothers me today.
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@rurita (212)
• Indonesia
30 Jan 07
my name is Lulita, but some people that i introduce my self, they cant catch properly for what i say. they always hear : yulita/lolita hehehehe....
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• United States
30 Jan 07
What a pretty name. You don't have people calling you Lupita? I can see how they might think it was Lolita though. :)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I've gotten Heathen and Heifer before.. but somehow I think it was deliberate. :b
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• United States
30 Jan 07
(((Heather))) If it was deliberate, then those people are idiots. You are neither a heathen or a heifer. I doubt it was on purpose. I'm so glad to see you here too!
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
no..but i often mishear my name..because my real name is suzette and one time i misheard it from lizette..too close!lol
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• United States
30 Jan 07
I hadn't thought of that - I guess some people also confuse their names for someone elses. I don't think my name can be confused for someone elses, unless their name is Banana :) Right, Lizette? *lol*
• India
29 Jan 07
once a crazychap tried to call me by a diffrent name not even any where near to my name. i got to frustrated that i told him that if u call be by that name and not my name then i would call him a pig. she got embarresed and left
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• United States
29 Jan 07
HAH! I like that :) I do sometimes tease people who say my name wrong. I will start calling them a name that is completely different than theirs on purpose. Like if I'm talking to someone named Kim and she calls me by the wrong name, I will start calling her Anna or something different. Or if a guy named John is calling me the wrong name I will call him Chuck. They look at me confused and I have to laugh!
@lilypie (79)
• United States
30 Jan 07
Its my last name that really gets them its Howe and I get calls and they say Miss Howie lol or here is a Good one I always get Miss HO ROTFL I have to tell them it rymes with cow, chow, plow by that time they hang up :D
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• United States
30 Jan 07
ROTFL! If someone called me Miss. HO - I would HAVE to come up with a witty comeback. I don't know what it would be, but I know I'd come up with one. It's like they are asking for it. Darn Telemarketers! Thanks for the laugh :)
• India
29 Jan 07
ya it happens often with me.In my school the teachers pronounced my name incorrectly and now i am in a college and i am facing the same problem again.But i suppose its better to correct people instantly when they call u by the wrong name.I do it all the time haha
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• United States
29 Jan 07
Yes it is good to correct them instantly but I have such a hard time doing that. I will, however, correct people who say my son's name wrong. It happens all the time and it annoys me because his name is Christian and they call him Christina (which is a girls name!) He does not look like a girl. *lol*
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
29 Jan 07
yes I have a couple of times and people have said that I must have a double,bit scary ....
• United States
29 Jan 07
Ohh freaky! Your double must live close to you if people are mistaken you for them. Yikes! Maybe you have a lost twin??
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
2 Feb 07
When i was five years old and on a seesaw, my father hit me on the head with a board. I did not become mentally off or lose my intelligence, but among other things it has affected my ability to remember names. I may very well know someone and yet not remember their name. If I do not know someone's name then I avoid calling them by name.
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@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
2 Feb 07
People for some reason always call me by the wrong name. My name is melissa, and I am constantly being called Melanie or Michelle, In fact, when I worked at Walmart, a fellow associate would look right at my name badge and say "Hi Michelle!" and I would say "HI!" I just let it go, and then one day, he finally came to me and said "Michelle, is your name melissa?" and I said, Yes, it has been my whole life!, he felt bad.. I don't know why people do that though. (:
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@xelissa (776)
• New Zealand
3 Feb 07
Nope, but I've called my teacher mom once, it was funny xD
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I was always called by my sisters' names when I was little. At school people always called me by my older sister's name. Anywhere else, I had about a 50% chance of getting called by my little sister's name. Her name is Darla, mine is Carla. They are easy to confuse I suppose. Plus it didn't help much that we are only 2.5 years apart and we were the same size by the time she was in 1st grade. Everyone always thought we were twins. Even my mom can't tell us apart sometimes in pictures of us individually from when we were little. So it never bothered me. What bothered me was when people would mispronounce my maiden name. It's Turnbull. Yeah, it's not that common, but come on, it's pronounced just like it looks. I would get people on the phone that would say stuff like Trumble! I had a professor in college that called me Miss Trunabell. It drove me crazy. I corrected him every day for two months and then just gave up.
@jhrcsr (348)
• United States
3 Feb 07
My name is Cami. Almost everytime someone who doesn't know me hears this they call me Tammy, Connie or Candy. It's frustrating. But I know it has been an unusual name for quite some time. It is now becoming more popular.
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• United States
3 Feb 07
oh yeah. my name is nicolette and for some reason i get called "michelle"...don't ask. :/
@ma_belle (1357)
• United States
3 Feb 07
I have been called by the wrong name before. Sometimes people will call me melissa (my name is michelle). Funny thing is, I work with a Melissa, and people will mix up our names sometimes. The same thing has happened to her before we worked together as well. funny!