It's your name. Do what you want with it.

Depends on the surname and the language but generally I don't see this being cringe.

Just don't be snide / condescending with it.

It's impossible to say without knowing what it is.

No. I have a Spanish last name and pronounce it in Spanish when people ask. I'm tired of slurring the vowels to make it sound English.

Your surname wouldn’t happen to be ‘Bucket’, right?

I have a Latino surname, I say it in kind of a "half-Spanish" accent that's easily achievable by non-Spanish-speakers.

If I'm talking to someone official on the phone I say "Last name is (name), spelled (spelling)" so they get it right.

No.

Also, I'd recommend caring about being cringe. True freedom is achieved when you stop caring.

Do what you want. I think it's only gonna be difficult if you expect everyone else to do it too. People close to you will likely pick it up and run with it though

Do what you want, as others have said, but also consider whether doing so would make life easier - for them or for you. The trade-off is how often it's read and mispronounced by strangers vs. how often it's written and misspelled by strangers.

You said it's French; for example, if it's "Jean" then the "correct" pronunciation would sound like "zhawn". This might cause many native English speakers to mishear it as "John". "Michel" sounds like "Michelle".

On the other hand, they might read Jean and say "Gene" or see "Michel" and say "Michael".

ETA: again, it's your name so no, I don't think it's cringey.

I pronounce my name based on who I'm talking to. With English speakers its one way, with speakers of my name's native language, its the appropriate pronunciation.

You should have your name pronounced the way you want it to be. Just don’t be a dick about it. People who don’t respect your choices don’t deserve to be given anything, so don’t worry about that.

Rule of thumb more people should follow you call people the name they want to be called period that includes pronunciation to the best of their ability.

Go for it.

Are you asking your family or your friends ? I think that both are a question of choice, your choice.

Do what makes you happy.

It's okay to insist people pronounce your name the way you want.

and I don't want to constantly get it mistaken

From a certain point in life, I've stopped bothering with this. The name is just a communication tool, people can call me whatever they want as long as I know it's me.

When I'm speaking, I just pronounce it correctly and then spell it (I have the benefit of its Latinisation being short).

It might be worth it if there are many chances to use it, but for hotel check-ins, they won't even remember my name after ten seconds, let alone the correct pronunciation.

That being said, I felt somewhat guilty for not being grateful to some people that actually made the effort to pronounce it correctly (or at least ask and then give up lol).

You do you. I grew up in a foreign country so I almost never pronounce my last name "correctly", it's just easier that way.

I don't need to explain the special characters of my language, I just need to check in at the hotel, or doctor, or restaurant, or mechanic.

But if you do want to, why not.

No joke, see if you can somehow fit an accent on one of the letters in your name. Doesn't even have to work, but people will ask you about it instead of mispronouncing it.

I know how ya feel. My last name is French and ya gotta make a throat clearing sound to pronouce it properly, otherwise people pronounce it "row-land".

Ive just accepted it and pronounce it the same, otherwise it starts the same old small talk of "oh where is that from" everytime i need to say it to someone new and i kinda feel lame making the throat sound

Whatever you think its best. My name is pronounced differently in the original language and the language I grew up speaking, I quickly learned I had to purposefully mispronounce it so that people would write it correctly.