It goes without saying that our names are an important part of our identity. You may not like it - you may even change it - but imagine not knowing how to even pronounce it...
Well, apparently that's a thing. In fact, one woman was left mortified after learning that she had been mispronouncing her name her entire life.
Taking to Reddit's Am I The A**hole thread, the woman revealed that her mother named her Saoirse after coming across it in a novel. However, Saoirse's mom never actually knew the correct way of pronouncing it.
The post starts: "My name is Saoirse. I am not Irish. My parents named me Saoirse because my mom was reading a book with a character named Saoirse and she thought the name was really unique.
"In her head, she thought the name was pronounced 'Say-or-cee' and my dad had never heard the name before, so that's how I've grown up my whole life."
It continues: "Nobody else at school seemed to know the name either, so they trusted my pronunciation - up until recent years. A certain actress has become popular who shares my name, but she pronounces it the right way (Sur-sha).
"Most people who've just met me but have seen my name first call me by Sur-sha now, and I don't correct them, because the fact that my name is a mistake is pretty embarrassing to me."
Saoirse also recalled how an Irish woman in one of her classes "laughed hysterically" when she introduced herself.
And so, following the revelation, she now wants people to pronounce her name "Sur-sha".
"I've asked my friends to call me it, and they trip up sometimes, but for the most part they've been respecting it - besides one friend who says that going by Saoirse will trick people into thinking I'm Irish and is unfair to actual Irish people," she wrote.
While most of Saoirse's were fine with the request, her family weren't so happy about the sort-of name change.
She said: "When I told my parents, they both got upset because apparently they'd found out the pronunciation of my name much sooner than me, but decided it didn't matter because they preferred Say-or-cee to Sur-sha.
"Honestly, I prefer Say-or-cee because I grew up with it, but I don't think it will really matter a few years down the road. My sister--who has an English name--tells me it's like I'm caving into peer-pressure and disrespecting my family because of a few people at school.
"Honestly, peer-pressure has played a part in it but ultimately it is my own decision."
A number of the commenters felt she was perfectly within her right to have people pronounce her name they way she wants it.
"Tell people to pronounce it the way you like it. It is your name after all," one said.
Others told the poster that they actually pronounced Saoirse as "Seer-sha" rather than Sur-sha.
So, I guess, however you pronounce it, you'll always be saying it wrong to someone!