My name is Freek, a sort-of common Dutch name, usually people call me Frank from the start (when the name is not written anywhere and they only hear it being sa

My name is Freek, a sort-of common Dutch name, usually people call me Frank from the start (when the name is not written anywhere and they only hear it being said), I'll leave it at that for Starbucks situations. Otherwise, in a Teams chat for example, people see my name and they call me Freak hesitantly. If I leave it like that they start to use it with more confidence. For long term relations I tell people to pronounce it like "Frake" (like brake and snake), which is very close to how it sounds if a Dutch person says my name. Over time, I've come to see my name as a nice conversation starter.