So we named our child Samuel after the Samuel in the Bible because Hannah prayed for a child for a long time- and God heard her prayers. It literally means "God hears" So after miscarrying after a few years and then waiting for a few more years, we felt the name Samuel was fitting for our first child if he was a boy.

It is so hard for us to get people to call him Samuel though!

Usually we just say, "please call him Samuel" and we've even asked Samuel to correct others if they call him Sam or Sammy. At 5 years old- he's so cute when he does it.

Some people even ask why we don't want him called Sam or Sammy- like we need to give a reason? Uh- for the same reason we don't want you to call him Bob? LOL! We named him Samuel for a reason and we like it.

I have no problem with the name Sam or Sammy, just like I have no problem with the name Bob, but we would like him to be called Samuel throughout his lifetime.

Any chance of this happening?
Any help?

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I found this with my youngest too! We named her Mia (pronouced My-a), and just about everyone insists on calling her Me-a. Even her great-grandparents don't always get it right. The only reason we've chosen the pronunciation we have is cuz we like it Usually people are happy to use the corrent pronunciation (if they remember you've told them!).

I expect it will be an ongoing issue for the rest of her life. People are always going to have to make some assumption on how to say her name. What really frustrates me is when I tell people her correct name they usually think I'm saying "Maya!!" I can't win!

Anna

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We named our youngest son, Daniel, and for the longest time had the same problem. People wanted to call him Danny or Dan. Once we let people know that we preferred he be called Daniel, then there was no problem. We always introduced him as Daniel and put on his school forms that he wanted to be called Daniel (and he would correct people, too). Only a couple people over the years insisted on calling him Danny. It may take a little time, but eventually, people get it!

No help, except that I think if you stick to your guns and keep calling him Samuel and keep asking others to call him that, eventually it will sink in.

My husband's legal name is Danny and everyone wants to call him Daniel. I'll be making reservations for travel and I'll give him name. The reservationist will tell me she needs his legal name. I have to explain that Danny is his legal name, just the way my sister's legal name is Kathy (not Katherine or Kathleen). So it goes in reverse, too.

Then there's my kids, who will not correct anyone who pronounces their name wrong. My daughter's dance teachers spent an entire year calling her Muh-Ki. I wasn't in class with her, so didn't realize it until the recital. They're missing an entire syllable (it's muh-ki-uh). And she never once corrected them. So I'm totally with you, but know that I gave my children unusual names, so I expected a bit of trouble. Samuel... now that one should be fairly easy for people to get right.

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I agree with Kim, if you guys continue to call him Samuel AND if he calls himself Samuel and if he tells people that's what he prefers, then eventually maybe others will too.

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It does work, just keep correcting people and if you have to get firm in telling them just do it. My oldest two are Tyler and Candace, one certain in-law insisted on calling him Ty...they thought it was cute!! I told her then when you have a son you can name your's Ty, my sons name is Tyler and Please call him that. When he was little and couldn't say Ready, we would ask him is he was ready and he would say I am Rudy!! So at times he was lovingly and fondly called Rudy and we still tease him about that!
His friends in middle school did end up calling him Ty and in the following years he has had many pet nick names, he worked on a farm driving tractors and his name then was Tiller, he even has that on a few hats and jackets.
But all in all, everyone calls him Tyler and as a young child he also corrected people on his name.
My youngest son is Kade (like Wade with a "K") I have people mispronounce that name and call him Katie....and assume he is a girl when I talk about him if he is not visually present!!

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I'm Angela, and I still struggle with people wanting to call me Angie. I have never wanted to be Angie (though I've known some nice Angie's through the years!)...and it is a constant battle. I've dealt with people calling my Nathan "Nate", and calling Samantha "Sammi", and Max "Maxi" (which I hate most of all).
I think if you stick to your name and keep reminding people most people who know you will get it. I do know, that for me, it's a quick way to judge how well people know me. Anyone who calls and asks for Angie is probably a telemarketer trying to be false friendly!

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My name is Michelle . . .until I was in 3rd grade I went by Chellee (I have no idea why my parents called me that) Nobody could spell it . .all my birthday cards from people were WRONG hehe. Finally when my mom divorced and then remarried I started going by Michelle. . .I have aunts that still (after 30 years) call me Chellee. I hate it.

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