I can totally relate to that! I grew up with a name that always drew teasing and questions even from total strangers so I really wanted "Smith," "Brown," etc. especially since, as a teacher, I went by title and last name professionally. It didn't work for me and I got the aforementioned sounds dirty if mispronounced name. My son's long term girlfriend has a wonderful last name. (Not super common, but an actual common word with no easy nicknames to torture with) I'm all for her keeping her last name, him taking her last name, or for them combining their names to make something new. My weirdo son actually LIKES the fact that our name sounds dirty when mispronounced.Just the last name. Happens all the time.
My boyfriend/husband search criteria now includes "easy to pronounce last name".
Right? I had a job once where the type of work made for a very easy pun based on my last name. I must have heard those jokes 10 times a day, even from people who had made them before. It didn’t hurt my feelings or anything but I mostly only laughed at people who obviously thought they were being super-clever and original, not their joke itself....My married last name sounds dirty if you mispronounce it. It get's mispronounced OFTEN. I'm actually fine with it unless, like the above instance, they do it repeatedly. Jokes about your name get old fast.
Sinead, no never..