Christian name or Mr/Mrs/Miss?

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Same here.

I suppose when it comes to people I'm just having a short business like exchange I would prefer to be called Ms. but overall it doesn't bother me that much. I've run into numerous people that have not pronounced my given name correctly - even when I've said it first. That tends to be ore bothersome to me than the fat that they are using my given name instead of an honorific. The one thing that tends to irritate me a lot is when I'm referred to as "babe"or "baby" by anyone I'm not dating. Or just being called "Ma'am". So compared to those my given name is just fine.

China Japan and Korea all do that. For example, my name in Korea would be 'Park Soo Youn' even tho Park is the last name. In Korean and Japanese people use honorifics. In Korean [name]-ssi would be your Mr/Mrs/Miss. For more respect, use [name]-nim. For example, teacher is seonsaeng-nim. Seniors are sunbae/sunbae-nim. (plus more for diff levels) In Japanese [name]-san is Mr/Mrs. It continues to drop in formality from there.

Took me second to figure out what Christian name meant actually lol

For the OP:
Would you mind if someone called you Mr. [first name]? Just curious.
Im a little young to add to this thread but I would never be able to call an adult by their first name. However, it has been asked of me by people from different parts of the country where its common. California for example. I was told Mr/Mrs [first name] sounded really odd to them.

No. "Mr George" would sound impertinent.

I've actually never heard the term "christian name" and I've been going to church from the day I was a fertilized egg in my mother's uterus ...