My family name is long, German, and split easily into two halves. The first half sounds like a feminine first name, while the second half is a common surname. Like Marienburg, although that’s not our name. My mom occasionally must contend with callers, receptionists, etc., asking for “Marian,” “Mrs. Burg,” or “Marian Burg.” The fact that she has, and gives everyone, a perfectly common first name doesn’t always clue people that “Marienburg” is her last name, not her whole name.
Is there anyone in the world, at all, who pronounces “Gillian” with a hard G? Seriously?
I feel your pain. 
I’m guessing people name Urich/Urick were probably once Eurichs as well.
Some Ohio relatives of mine were named Eirich (EYErick), which also might have once been Eurich due to the ei/eu confusion in German. But with the ie/ei confusion in English, some of them became Earicks!
My RL name is Jill. I understand it when people mis-hear or mis-remember what I said and call me Jewel, Jo, Julie, or something similar. What always has me scratching my head, is the one I have gotten over and over and over and over, my whole life, both in person and on the phone (so it can’t be said, “You must look like a _____”), so many times I lost count a long, long time ago:
Lisa Go figure.
My middle name is “Gregory.” When I tell people that, they usually use the middle initial “J.”
“J,” for “Gregory.” Wonderful.
My middle name is Janine.
Not Janinie, as my debit card has printed on it.
It is also not Vanine, as my work has it.
Next thing I know I’ll be Vaninie somewhere.
Also, I might have messed with some people because during middle school I liked to spell my name with a ‘ie’ instead of ending in a plain ‘y’. I thought it looked better. But, I switched back (I also stopped dotting my I’s with circles. I was an idiot, then). You, my brother, should know this. Seriously. It’s been years since I got back to the right spelling. Get it right.
Not Jeanine, Janene, Jeannine, Jeanene, Janeane, Jannine, Jenene, Genene, Jenine, or Jeneen? 
The first time I saw Janeane Garofalo’s name in print I assumed it was pronounced Jane Ann.
My wife has a 5 letter last name. Two syllables. Very simple. It gets twisted all the time. I wonder if they can read at all. You would be amazed at how many people screw up Tutro.
I got that recently at work, at the end of a lengthy email address with my name clearly labelled in the to: and from: fields.
I’m more annoyed by those that want to call me Bob, though. I don’t care if it’s an accepted diminutive of Robert, it might as well be an entirely different name.
My name is Aloysius.
My last name ends in l-y. Not l-e-y, l-y. And yet 90% of the time when I spell my for people, they promptly write it down l-e-y.
And the folks I subcontract for, and have for the past seven years, still spell it l-e-y about 80% of the time. I complain and complain and complain, but it goes in one ear and right out the other. As long as they spell it right on my checks, I guess…
I introduce myself to people as Victoria and they reply, “Nice to meet you, Vicky.” Why do people assume I must want to be called something other than what I JUST TWO SECONDS AGO told you was my name?
My name is Isabel. I am used to people spelling it Isabelle, no problem. Even though I wonder about people who “correct” the spelling of my name when typing it into a database for a magazine subscription, or something like that.
What I don’t get is people who call me Elizabeth. Repeatedly. I have had this conversation more than once:
Other person: Hi, my name is Joe Average.
Me: Hi, I’m Isabel.
OP: Nice to meet you, Elizabeth!
Now you’re being scylly.
My mother’s family name is short, German and unfortunately…Fuchs.
As a friend of mine once said “Its even conjugated!”
Most people get a pass. Gwynedd does not rhyme with either bed or wind. Pronounced Gwyneth - like Gwyneth Paltrow.
My husband gets this all the time, too! He will introduce himself to people as ‘Thomas’, and people promptly reply, “Nice to meet you, Tom.”
Wha???
That’s a whole different name from what yo were just told! I think it’s utterly rude, but bless my sweet husband’s heart, he says it really doesn’t bother him.
Heya, kiddo.
(Maybe they’re Monty Python fans and they think you were named after Terry Gilliam. Otherwise, I got nuthin.)
My first name is an extremely common one for women under the age of thirty: Jessica.
Unfortunately, ‘Jennifer’ is also an extremely common name for women under the age of thirty.
It was a lot of fun in grade ten, when the class contained three Jessicas and two Jennifers, and the teacher was constantly mixing up who was what. If I had a quarter for everytime I’ve been called Jennifer, I’d be filthy rich.
If I had a dollar for everytime someone’s gotten angry at me for not responding to Jennifer, I’d have five bucks. 
Heh. I’ve been called (among others, but these are the ones I remember) Wendy, Ronnie, Judy and…Elizabeth? My name is 2 syllables ending in an “ee” sound, so where did “Elizabeth” come from?