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Have you ever fallen in love with a name and then found out that it wasn't pronounced like you thought, that it has bad associations, that it's a boys' name, not a girls' name (or vice versa) or something like this?
Here are mine:

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I thought that Sorcha was pronounced SORE-chuh and loved this. Then I learned that it's really SOR-uh-kuh, which sounds like the old Gutnish (the old dialect of the island of Gotland) word for boys. Not attractive to my ears.

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I thought that Saoirse was pronounced SHORE-suh, which I liked. Then I learned that it's SEER-shuh, which I think sounds shrieking. BTW, I also thought it was Irish for Georgia.

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I thought Remedios was pronounced re-me-DEE-ohs, but it's really re-ME-di-ohs, which reminds me of "mass media".

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I still like Nayeli, but I thought it was pronounced na-YE-lee. It's apparently more like na-SCHE-li, which I don't really like.

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I have always thought of Gemini as a girls' name pronounced JEM-mi-nee, so I don't like the idea of a boys' name pronounced GHEM-mi-nye.

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I think Troy is horrible on a boy, but I can't help thinking it's rather cool for a girl.