my name in IPA

kadiatou= /kaediaetu/

k=voiceless,velar,stops
ae=front, low
d=voice, alveolar, stops
i=front, high
ae=front, low
t=voiceless,alveolar, stops
u=back, high

People most of the mispronounce my name. Based on my expereience English speaker have tendency to pronounce my name as /kedIaetU/. My name is borrowed from the arabic name Khadija and all arabic speaker do not have nay problem saying it. It is a matter of the place where the sound of my name comes from. With practice most often people get it right.
It is difficult for me to say the "h" sound in at the beginning of any English word such as house, home, horse ... It is hard for me to pronounce the "h" sound because of my French background.Even though the "h" exist in the french alphabet, it is not pronounce at all, it is omitted. Now that I know where that the "h" sound is voiceless, glottal, glides; I hope to practice the pronunciation until I get it correct.