My name is spelt as it is pronounced but I've had heaps of people ask me how to spell it (plus I've been called every other name that sounds similar to it). I also had a really long first name and would have trouble as a little kid spelling it correctly!! Fortunately it was shortened by my mother to another name, so I grew up having a nickname as my preferred name.

I have a slight accent when I talk, and have been corrected by parents who think I am mis-pronouncing their children's name (hailey - Hal-ee, Keiran - can sound like karen), and it positively drives me INSANE!!

I think whatever you call your child, if you provide someone with the pronounciation, then you have to also be willing to accept their accent, and a person's potential inability to pronouce it as you want it to be pronouced. Some people just can't help it.

After almost 40 years with this name, I am to the point where I don't really care what people call me, I understand that they all have their different emphasis, and I answer to most things.

Number 16 bus stop though is a bit over the top!