her first name is Tianna, pronounced just the same as it is in the Russian name Tatianna (minus the 'ta' obviously).
I don't know how many variations I've heard for it, but it's worse than our surname (look up there somewhere) such that she wants to go back to her maiden name (4 letters, one syllable, a type of construction equipment or bird). Incidentally, she's now alphabetically a lot closer to last than first like she used to be.
Then there's my first name. Evan. Not Kevin, Devin, Nevin or anything like that. Evan. (pronounced the same as all those without their leading consonans, though). You'd think it'd be really hard to screw up when you're wearing a shirt with the name emboidered into a patch at a gas station job, but I lived with this for 5 years:
me: Hi, I'm Evan.
them: Kevin?
me: (pointing to the inch-high blue lettering on my white shirt) No, (slowly) Evan. No "K".
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