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Many people in the US have a "public/work" name (an anglicized pronunciation of their name) and a "home/family" name (how it's supposed to be pronounced), either for simplicity's sake or because they've given up correcting people, and this is usually a decision they have to make themselves. But would you as a parent voluntarily choose/reinforce having different pronunciations for different scenarios from the beginning, and not just begrudgingly? If so what names have you considered?

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For me it comes naturally as my own name has two different forms, English and Spanish, and I consider both to be me.
Some names I would give a Spanish form for use around my family, but also because I like both forms:
Gael (m)- GAYL as a standard, but GA-EHL around family
Ederne- Eh-durn (standard), Eh-thehr-nah (family)

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But there are also names I wouldn't change because they don't sound right:
Taide- always TY-deh never TIDE
Virgil- just Vur-jil