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I also have a hard to pronounce name,because i'm half russian...i correct them,in a polite way.I wanted many times to change my name,but i can't.

It depends on the situation. People generally misspell my first name but mispronounce my last name. If its a situation where it might matter in the future how they say my last name, than I will probably correct it. But no if you have a name that people are not used to for some reason and they make a mistake I don't believe its unreasonable to let it slide. Its one of those things you should let go in a life where more serious things are probably going to come up that are real reasons to stress over.

Now for the person arguing about how your name is pronounced, that is rude.

"I even had someone argue with me that I was pronouncing my own name incorrectly,when I dared correct them!"

That's pretty funny and annoying, all rolled into one.

Like yours, my name is pretty simple, yet people often mispronounce it. Usually I correct them right away. In my case I'm usually called by another, somewhat similar name, so I have to make sure, in instances such as my name being called at a restaurant or doctor's office, that they're really calling me.

It would be very annoying to have your name mispronounced every day for years, as in a workplace, where they should have known better after a day or two.

I had a difficult maiden name that more people pronounced correctly (because they asked me and learned how to say it right) and my married name is quite simple but very similar to another name as easy as "Johns" for example but many will pronounce it as "Johnson." Like I said, this name is just an example, it's not my real name.
Some of my husbands family have literally changed their own last name legally to the other name to simplify things. I think that's utterly ridiculous to do that!
Now that I think about it, one of my dad's brothers shortened our very long, complicated name too but I don't know if he did it to simplify it for himself or what.

I try to say and spell people's names correctly. If I'm not sure, I'll ask.

I have a friend who always spells my first name wrong. I don't know how she hasn't realized her mistake because I've written her many emails and signed it the right way and have given her cards on occasion, with my proper signature.
You'd think after years of this she would take note. Both spellings are valid and pronounced the same way but I don't know where's she got the idea that mine is spelled the less traditional way. Especially since my spelling is (I believe) the original/traditional spelling before people tried to get clever with coming up with different ways of spelling the same name.
Her name has several ways to spell it but I make sure I spell hers correctly.
After all these years I feel funny pointing it out now, plus we don't get to talk very often and I don't want to make a fuss. Maybe someday I'll tell her if the opportunity poses itself.

I do correct them each time. Not angrily, just simple and straightforwardly. My first name is super common but my last name seems to throw people for a loop, even though it is a short, one-syllable English word. Like it is an actual word, but not usually a surname, so people often insert extra letters or pronounce a totally different name from what is written. I don't know why, just say it like it is spelled!

I've never really heard anyone mispronounce my first name, there have been instances people misheard. I have a foreign last name, so people definitely have mispronounced that although it seems to become less. Those who don't know how to pronounce my name usually ask how it should be pronounced and that's when I correct them.

My first name doesn't get mispronounced. But my last name has the less popular suffix (we're all about the suffixes) than it's more popular variation. So people would sometimes go with the more popular one. When I catch it, I correct them right away.

Mispronouncing it doesn't happen all that often though (it's not even mispronouncing, it's an entirely different name) but misspelling (or mishearing more precisely) it happens all the time. And not only with that other popular one either, but with the most ridiculous things. After I've said it slowly and carefully. Stressing on the suffix. Stressing on the root word. Nope, misspelled every other time. And on important documents too sometimes. I've started saying my name like a _I'm_ an idiot.

I would definitely correct them! It isn't THEIR NAME! It's YOURS!
I have a friend who's last name is Campbell. People always said it, Camble. Ever since I have known him, he has always corrected them. I can see why he is annoyed. The P should be included! That is his NAME!