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Alexia

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Panoramarama · 10/11/2018 01:10

Too similar to Alexa and therefore too virtual assistant?

It's the name that I keep coming back to from our list. It's stuck in my head and I don't think I like the others quite as much.

Part of me thinks why let a potentially tenuous association ruin a lovely name. The other part worries she'd be mocked or forever associated with a smart home device...

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 15/09/2020 10:25

This is a two-year-old zombie thread that was bumped by a spammer.

But the comments about Alexa not lasting long as a brand name haven’t aged well, have they?

MikeUniformMike · 15/09/2020 10:20

Medical condition.

micc · 15/09/2020 07:26

I like it :)
I love Alexa and variations of it, if bloody Amazon Alexa wasnt a thing I would of called my next baby Alexa Haha

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TurquoiseDress · 20/11/2018 20:18

I do love Alexa- much more than Alexia which I think it a bit too much, too fussy by comparison.

The amazon thing doesn't bother me, we don't have one, but I can see how it's a concern for future, at school etc

Fibbertigibbet · 20/11/2018 19:32

As others have said, Alexia is a condition where someone acquires an inability to read after a traumatic neurological event such as a stroke. It's a pretty name, but I wouldn't use it for this reason. (Ironically, one of the ones I know is a doctor, and has to mix with people constantly who know this fact).

How about Alexandria, or Alexis?

Thetigerwhocameto · 19/11/2018 23:46

I’ve just tested it with my echo and it didn’t light up asking for instructions.

Go for it if you like it.

username1724 · 17/11/2018 15:20

Alexa is a very popular name, I wouldn't worry about the device thing at all. Alexia is beautiful, was on my shortlist for my first I've only met one other. Go for it!

Sidandbump · 16/11/2018 07:56

I have taught two secondary age Alexa's and neither seemed to have an issue with bullying. You can't avoid names because of associations, there is always a chance with whatever you pick that the next big thing will share their name. Alexa and Alexia are clearly different anyway!

CVLB · 16/11/2018 07:01

How about Alessia?

happypuspack · 16/11/2018 06:45

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Chocolatedeficitdisorder · 13/11/2018 14:26

I would pronounce the name as A(lower case a)-lexia, but the medical condition (which is rarely used anyway) as A(upper case)-lexia.

It's a lovely, classy name with a much less unpleasant latin translation
than Amelia.

TatianaLarina · 13/11/2018 11:25

No it's not Alexia, it's Alexia" it may also sound like an affectation.

Don’t be ridiculous. Alexia is a old established name. For far longer than Alexia has meant being unable to read.

JakePeraltaNYPD · 13/11/2018 11:12

I love it, I used to know an Alexia, she's probably about 18/19 now. Go for it!

TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth · 13/11/2018 10:59

Bucket is never pronounce bouquet so that’s an aberration. (And affectation.)

But that was exactly my point, Tatiana
If you say to someone "No it's not Alexia, it's Alexia" it may also sound like an affectation.

I wasnt defending the name Amelia in any case. I really dislike it, whatever its etymology. I hate the "mealy" bit, like mealworms Smile

Lumpy76 · 13/11/2018 09:53

Greek names family here. Personally prefer Alexandra to Alexia. DH is Alex and that sets Alexa off sometimes. Love Elektra.

TatianaLarina · 13/11/2018 09:10

Amelia means limbs missing at birth. That doesn’t put people off.

Bucket is never pronounce bouquet so that’s an aberration. (And affectation.)

TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth · 13/11/2018 09:04

It's the same word, though, Tatiana, so it's a bit like Hyacinth Bucket and her "bouquet"

TatianaLarina · 13/11/2018 08:53

That’s Ay Lexia. Not A lex EEa.

And as I’ve commented medical terminology has not out people off Amelia.

SylvanianFrenemies · 13/11/2018 07:22

It's a neurological condition meaning "unable to read". Would be embarrassing for her if she was to go into medicine/nursing/speech therapy/occupational therapy/psychology. First thing I hear, rather than a name.

Plus, the whole triggering Alexa devices thing.

Sorry. It does have a nice sound so I can see why you would be drawn to it.

CBA2RTFT · 12/11/2018 11:17

Sounds a bit of a mouthful... I would use Alexandra instead (and did!) then whatever Alexy diminutive you fancy.

ArchbishopOfBanterbury · 11/11/2018 05:57

The link to the device doesn't bother me.

The similarity to Anorexia, Dyslexia etc does. Sorry. Too close to a condition.

barbiegrl · 11/11/2018 05:26

I'm Greek and my middle name is alexia (except that when they wrote it on the birth certificate there was a communication problem,and it came out being spelled alixia) I think it is a lovely name :)

Lovemademedoit · 11/11/2018 05:08

I’ve never heard of it