reachthestars wrote:
I'm Gillian. Which is shortened to Gill. My mom keeps apologizing to me for not spelling it Jillian LOL. And people need to learn how to LISTEN... I'm not Julia for crying out loud. I'll answer the phone and say "Thank you for calling (store), Gillian speaking." and I hear "Hey Julia, blah blah blah..." *sees red*
My daughter is Gillian too.  Also a Gill.  Her name gets butchered regularly.  Seriously, how hard is it?  Her name is not Gilligan.  Do you see two G's??  No, you don't.  It's not Julian, do you see a U??  No, you don't.   I feel a little bad, but I thought Gillian was pretty simple.  I mean, it is the traditional spelling of it.  Apparently not simple enough.  Her sisters are Melanie and Lauren, I learned my lesson, make the names idiot proof, because there are sufficient idiots out there to mess up most things.  Though poor Lauren gets gender reassigned regularly and becomes Loren.  By my grandmother usually.