I thought his name was Warren.

Names that bother me.
Jennifer and I had this conversation awhile back and working in a pediatricians office I see a lot of names I just can't stand. Please don't take offense if any of these are yours or someone you knows name. Its strictly the name and not the person.
Stephen...pronounced ste-ven. Cuz I want to say stef-en.
Sean...Shawn. Seen.
Lincoln...what's with the silent L? But for some reason that's the only way it Should be spelt. I recently saw 'Linkon' and that bothers me even more.
Axel/Aksle...that is a car part, not a person. Also, easily miss pronounced to sound like what you might call someone who is being a jerk.
Chelsea...Chel-see-a is how it sounds in my head.
Kid. No, I'm not joking, people really do name their kids Kid. That being said I should also add...
Guy. Why not just name them Person. Human. Man. Boy. Male.
Mia...is It my-a or me-a? I get it wrong either way.
And then there are the people who name their kid one thing with the intention of calling them another. For example they "go by their middle name". If you want them to go by their middle name why not just save the kid a butt load of confusion and put that name first?! Or recently I've found people are naming their kids one thing and calling them something that isn't even close to their given name. Example...his name is Joseph, let's call him Jack. What? Cuz they both start with a j it's ok? Now sometimes you can get away with this. Like, if there is a sibling who can't say the given name so they get called something else and it just sticks. What I don't like is when people do this intentionally.
And lastly, names that make you go "huh?" These are the kids that just learn to memorize where their name is on the roll so that when the substitute teacher suddenly pauses trying to figure out how to pronounce it they can just say "here." And I don't necessarily mean names in other languages. I'm sure in their language it's a perfectly normal name. I'm talking about the names people come up with just by throwing a bunch of letters together and then pronouncing it completely different than how it's spelt.
I only hope my children will like the names we pick for them and they won't have too much torture because of their name. I love my name but Melissa, Alisa, Alisha gets old. Poor Tyler...I mean KYLER...with a k!