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I think people will figure it out! If they just can't, she can always use Jen as a nickname!!

I've already had people spell M's name wrong...Matthew! How hard can that be?

People are just crazy. Your LO's name isn't that out there.

@Dandelion: haha, I agree but I do know someone who spells it "Mathew." I'd never seen that before.

I think it's lovely and what the heck is wrong with these people??

I'm with everyone else, it's a beautiful name & I have no idea why people are having such a hard time with it. They just need to suck it up & practice, they'll get it eventually

@Skadi: it's a beautiful name and not difficult, people just don't read/think/put any extra effort into making sure they are saying it correctly.

@Dandelion: @swedishfish: I also know a Mathew who goes by Mat -- it felt really weird the first couple times I had to write it out!

People are crazy!

There's an HGTV host with the same name for goodness sake. The name is not that hard to pronounce. I went to a school with a Genevieve and we used her full name.

I grew up in a heavily francophone part of New England, so, I would probably dither over whether to pronounce it the French way or the Anglicized pronunciation, but, would otherwise get it right.

The newborn photographer at the hospital could not for the life of her spell lo's middle name correctly. Margaret. I think maragret was one of the combos.

I think Genevieve is lovely!

I'm pretty anti hipster name in general an Genevieve is not weird. Never underestimate the level of derp out there.

It's beautiful. Your MIL & dad will get used to it. My name is Janie, which is super simple, but I get called "Jamie" at least 3 times a week!

I love Genevieve!!! And it is a totally normal name that people *should* be able to pronounce - spelling, I can understand possibly screwing up a bit (even though it's spelled exactly how it sounds and shouldn't be difficult, but anything beyond three letters seems to be fair game for butchering), but there is no excuse for not being able to say the name!

Uh...what is wrong with people? Genevieve (there, my phone recognized it!) is a perfectly nice name, if anything, Guinevere is more ”out there”! (though it's a lovely name too!)

It's not a weird name and you chose the proper spelling and pronunciation of it! So yeah, I'm going with 'what the heck is wrong with these people??'

I also know someone with that name, so it's not uncommon. I think people are just crazy, don't worry about it!

I feel like there's someone famous with this name... I've heard it a lot, I don't think it's too out there! It's very pretty and classic!

The possibilities for nicknames are endless, if you are tired of people being ridiculous. Gen/Jen/Jennie, Viv...

My name was in the top 100 the year I was born and people still misspell it and butcher the pronouncistion...

I know a Genevieve called Vivi! Super cute. Love the name! People need to just get it together.

I have a student with the same name- I'll admit it took me a bit to get the spelling down. That's just part of having a more unique name, my name isn't all that common, it gets misspelled often- I got used to it, it's not a big deal.

But even with some of the naming trends these days, normally spelled names get butchered. My first son has a C name, and people are always trying to use a K and add a Y.