No. I respond to Francis as easily as to Frank. What I don’t like is when people assume Frank is a nickname for Franklin! Grr.
Erin
Arron
Aron
Airen
Aerin…
The list goes on.
I’m happy being Sandra, but I often get referred to as Sharon or Sarah, sometimes immediately after introducing myself as Sandra.
My name is Todd. One salesperson – or rather the entire company – thought it was Toddral.
WTF?!? Toddral?
And no matter how many times I corrected them, it stayed that way in their system.
My full name is so common that I’ve rarely been in a school or job where that wasn’t at least one person with the exact same name. When I was a kid I hated the fact that everyone always had to make some comment about it. More than once I was been called down to the princepals office to find a couple of other guys there with the same name.
When we were first dating, my now wife tried to contact me at my large office, there were seven men with my name. The fact that she was willing to work through that list in search of me (I was the 6th) says a lot.
Now that I am older I’ve learned to own my name. Fortunately, people cut out some of the stupid “wow, your name is so common, har, har, har” crap once you get old.
Yes. Cody. There were something like 7 or 8 of us in my graduating class of 300. I’m not sure if that sounds like a lot or not, but I seem to always have another Cody in class.
And it doesn’t sound very adult, to me anyway.
That’s my favorite name.
Yes, I hate both of my names, especially my last name, which is always mispronounced. The only good thing is that they didn’t give me a middle name; I’m sure I’d hate that one as well.
I think mine is pretty, but about 2 years after I was born it became ridiculously popular for several years. I never had someone in my class with the same name as they were all a couple years younger, but I dislike how common and dated it is. My parents are disappointed too, they tried really hard to give me a classic, timeless, non-trendy name but just had bad luck with the timing.
spit Dern you, Todd! 
raises hand I can no longer go by my nick on anything, it’s always my full legal name now, even on things that don’t matter too much. It’s kind of annoying.
I suspect my daughter will be participating in a similar thread in 20yrs time.
She’s named “Catherine Rose” as a first name and middle name, but we call her “Rosie” as a first name. Unless she’s naughty in which case I call her “Catherine Rose” in my special “daddy’s not happy” voice.
She may well end up changing her name to Rosie as her legal first name, just to avoid looking confused when receptionists etc refer to her as Catherine.
I think Catherine Rose is a beautiful name. 
I remember once when I worked in customer service, I spoke to this woman four times in one day, trying to get something straightened out. Each time I answered with my name. As I said earlier, my name is rather similar to “Anaamika/Mika” - about the same length and even shortens similarly.
She called back the fifth time and asked for “Judy, the rep I’ve been speaking to all day.”
Judy???
My full first name is Christine. Which is okay, but everyone calls me Chris, which suits me. I am a Chris, I’m definitely not a Chrissy or Christy.
StG
My name is David. I don’t like it, but I don’t hate it either. It’s OK. It’s dull and unpretentious, which is why my mother chose it. I kind of appreciate the unremarkability of it nowadays.
Some Davids get precious about it and throw a hissy fit if someone calls them Dave. Not me, I don’t mind either way. I also get called DJ (my initials) by a few people, and I’m OK with that, too.
I love the name David, FTR.
Absolutely, but only because it is so common. In my county alone there are 4 other people with my same first name, middle initial, and last name. Googling my name will get you an army sergeant, a well published doctor in Australia, me, several lawyers, and a plumber, and that’s just in the first page of 42,000 results.
I love my real name, so much I use it as my board/user name. I have never ever been told that it is already taken.
My real name is Jaclyn, named after Jaclyn Smith of “Charlie’s Angels.”
When I was younger, I didn’t really like the name because it seemed masculine-sounding to me. Like someone took the name “Jack” and then just added “Lynn” to the end to make it a girl’s name. But I was always the only Jaclyn in every class at school, which was nice. Although it’s hard for people to spell - they always want to add a K or Q. There have been many, many times where I’m spelling my name out to people, and as I’m saying “J-A-C-L-Y-N,” they are still inserting a K or something.
What drives me crazy is being called “Jackie.” I hate it. My name is not “Jackie,” it’s Jaclyn. That’s what my family has called me for my whole life, and it’s what I consider to be my name. “Jackie” is a different name entirely to me. My boss once told me that she noticed whenever someone calls me that, I get a look on my face like I want to kill them. She’s about right.
I used to be shy about correcting people. When I started dating Mr. Ipsum, he asked me, “Why do you just let people call you Jackie if you hate it so much?” I told him that I didn’t know how to correct people without being rude. He told me, “You’re not being rude. They’re the ones being rude by assuming you want a nickname when you’ve already told them what your name is.” And you know what, he’s right, dammit!
So now a conversation like this is a weekly occurrence:
Me: Hi, I’m Jaclyn.
Them: Nice to meet you, Jackie.
Me: Jaclyn.
The last time this happened (last week), the older woman I was talking to got a funny look on her face, as if I was being a snob by wanting to be called by my actual name. Whatever.
So, I actually do like my name now. I just wish it didn’t lend itself to a nickname.
I was talking to a friend about middle names not long ago. We came to the conclusion that, except for a few instances, the only reason they exist is to scold. If your parent is using your middle name, you did something wrong.
For this reason, parents shouldn’t spend time giving their kids a middle name that’s pretty or dignified. I strongly advise new parents to give their newborns middle names like Cornelius, Arbogast, or Fizziwinkle. Something that’s going to make the kid CRINGE.