Emails appear to come from someone else

My emails are suddenly appearing to come from a name mentioned in an email sent to me, but one that has not ever in my address book, instead of my own name. Since I volunteer for this person, it is very embarrassing for Her name (misspelled) to show up as the person who sent email from my computer instead of my own name. How do I fix this?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

I wish I could be of more help but I can't ask you to enter details in these columns for security reasons.   But you say 'someone' has asked you to change your name.
If that is from an Apple address you could write to Apple security (NOT reply to the email address itself) and express your disquiet.
Spotlight may throw up other options ... but if there are only two examples it is unlikely your account has been hacked.   Have you talked to your eMail srvice provider?

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