She added that we needed to take the time to learn how to spell and pronounce children's names.
Wanganui woman Aorangi Hill-Mickleson said she agreed with Maori Party co-leader MP Tariana Turia when she wrote: "Is getting our names right too big an ask?"
Mrs Hill-Mickleson said she had gone through 50-plus years with her Christian name constantly being mispronounced.
Some also pronounce her surname as Nickleson.
"It's wearing pretty thin so I use a pet name my mum gave me when I was young - Puppet. How many people can mispronounce that?"
She labels people ignorant, especially when they walk away assuming they pronounced her name correctly.
"It gets my blood boiling when someone does, and when I look them in the eye to correct them, they turn away as if to say - 'who really cares? I don't have the time'."
Mrs Hill-Mickelson said she once attended an appointment with a Sri Lankan surgeon: "He had a really long name. I did not even try to pronounce it - I just called him doctor."
The surgeon then pronounced her name beautifully, she said, and when they were in his rooms, he respectfully asked if he had pronounced her name correctly.
She appreciates when people stop to ask how to pronounce her name.
What a beautiful name, they say, when they have learned to roll the "r" in Aorangi.
Another Chronicle reader, Brad Hutchinson, wrote that Mrs Turia's column was "another pointless article ... blaming that comforting cloak of racism".
"Some long Maori names are hard to pronounce, as are some German, Irish or Colombian names. I wasn't offended when I lived in Spain and locals sometimes struggled with my name."
There are others who see red if their Gaelic name is spelt with an "e" on the end of their surname, and others who have a double-barrelled Christian name like Anne-Marie.
"When I introduce myself as Anne-Marie, some will call me Anne, and it frequently happens. When I have corrected them, they still continue to call me Anne. I think it is rude."
Online feedback:
The Chronicle received comments online to the issue of mispronouncing names:
Jesc Kahukura says she automatically spells her surname, even to Maori, and she has done so since primary school.
Anya Kojis has also spelt her Christian and surnames since she was a kid because it saves time.
Farzana Mohammed commented that "apparently my first name is lasagne", and he was used to it now.
And Rita N Dayday Tangataevaha says she always spells her surname too. "People should at least make an effort and if they pronounce it wrong then at least they gave it a shot."