Anybody got a daughter called Alexa

Alexa is a beautiful name and so much a part of her at that age. It snowed here the other day and my little boy thought he was so magical for wishing it. He would be all over the idea that his special name can control your holiday home!

@Hazmatk thats horrid to see (and I got to look at dates closer)

Have you spoken to the school about this as it is outright bullying?

I still think it is a beautiful name you picked well

A good friend has a 14-year-old named Alexa. She says she hates that it has become a name everyone yells at but she still loves the name and her dd doesn't want it to be changed. They have said they will not be getting one themselves though.

Keep the name it's gorgeous and likely also why Amazon picked it. It was on our shortlist for DD 1 (Alexa and Alexia) but she didn't look like either

I know this is a very old thread but I was googling looking for others that had been bullied for being called Alexa and this came up. My daughter is almost 13 and having an awful time. Constantly told to "turn the lights on" or "play rock and roll". She comes home crying some days the kids in school are relentless. I'm furious and so so sad about it. It is a lovely name.

I know an Alexa that has recently started school and is having a very hard time from the other kids sadly

I know a couple, my age, who have a daughter called Alexa. She must be about 38 now. Quite a nice name. I also like Allegra.

Zombie thread....

I have a daughter who is 3 called Alexa, like you loved her name and thought nothing more than that until Amazon!!

We find it very annoying and my partner in particular finds it irritating when the advert is on however ..

It has only been fools who have mentioned anything and as for people putting pressure on you to change it and it being cruel to keep her name as Alexa, that’s ridiculous!

At least they’re unlikely to meet numerous other Alexas, which in my opinion is quite nice.

Ultimately do what you feel is the right thing for your daughter, not anyone else, not even you!

Our little one has a very strong sense of who she is and she is very much an Alexa and proud!

I really wouldn't change her name because of this if I were you. Let's say you changed her name to Alexis. It's 2025 and she's 9. Alexa has undergone a complete overhaul, and the newer, more intelligent version is now called Alexis. Are you going to change her name again then?

Own the name you chose. If you like it and the name's not something blatantly humiliating like Chlamydia, it'll be fine.

It is really not fair to change a 3 year olds name, especially not because of a random technical device!

Get them to change the names of their Alexas to something else!! This is very easily done!

This is bonkers.

Who cares about some stupid Alexa thing having the same name as your daughter. Even if you do change it to something like Alexandra, there’s no guarantee there won’t be something equally popular name “Alexandra” in the future. You can’t go changing your kid’s name every time some character comes along with the same name.

Besides, there are plenty of options for nicknames like Alex, Lex or Lexi.

People who tell you to change her name are morons and you should avoid them where possible.

It’s not like you called your kid Adolf for something. It’s not offensive or rude. In a few years Alexa will be replaced with something else and no one will even remember it anyway.

If you’re that insistent on it being an issue then just call her Alex or Lexi as many people have suggested. Changing her name to Alexandra she will inevitably end up being called Alex anyway so don’t bother going through the hassle. Then when Alexa is a nonentity in a few years (which it will be because that’s the way technology works!) you won’t have changed your daughters name for absolutely no reason. It’s seems you’ve made up your mind anyway as you don’t seem interested in the five pages worth of comments telling you it’s not a big deal.

While I don't see the problem, as I don't know anyone with the device and have never seen/used one (I'm in my early 30s, fwiw), presumably you and your friends are in some kind of social scene where it's a big deal. So, no, I still wouldn't change her name on her bc, but as it's distressing you, you could always gradually move to a nickname? Say, use Lexa occasionally, leading to Lexie. Or Allie-Alexa, leading to simply Allie.

Honestly though, I would reassess some of your social group as I can't get over how many rude, interfering people you know. If a bunch of friends and relatives kept insisting that I should change my child's name because of their preference, I'd be telling them to do one.

Also, I've heard that you can change the device's name, so definitely do that at home.

Even if you decided to change it, though, I don't think you can without it affecting her. My 2.9 yo knows his name to the point that if I say "Harry, you're the leader/driver/zookeeper" in a game we're playing he says "no mummy, I Harry!" You can't change her name now without confusing her. Much easier to change it or use a nickname when she's older and can understand why. She'll be more likely to be upset by it changing now than by other kids using it to pretend she's a robot.

And what an excellent learning opportunity for any bratty kids who talk to robotic devices like a little lord of the manor to be reminded that you don't do that to other people.

My niece is Alexis. She's called Lexie more often than not. She's 6 now and finds it hilarious that Alexa often pipes up when we say her name "I don't know that one" no Alexa, I want Lexie to tidy her Lego, not you 🙄

Don't change your daughter's name, it's beautiful. Tell people to sod off, it's your choice.

The responses you have said make it sound like posting on here was irrelevant and you've already made your decision and going to change it any way???

My dd has been known as a shortened name pretty much since birth. (Say Libby short for Elizabeth.)

When filling out school forms etc I always write

Elizabeth (Libby) Smith

As her name.

As a result she is Libby on registers, class lists etc.

I mentioned something recently about her being Elizabeth and other parents were really surprised as they had no idea.

So in your situation I’d shorten Alexa to Alex, Lexie or Ally, use that on all forms and then wait for the technology to become obsolete. I reckon it’ll be less than 5 years.

Ps I also know a Siri. That is more problematic as you can’t shorten it.

I have a 3.11 year old son and he and a lot of his friends are very well versed with Alexa and saavy with using her to play music, tell the time, the weather and ask general knowledge questions. It is definetely ubiquitous in our part of London and in their generation. That said, he has an Alexa in his nursery class and there has been no issues. He is able to understand that the Alexa in his class is a friend, a person with feelings, unlike his robotic devise at home. It's really not that difficult and you have to stand your ground and teach her to stand hers.

Some friends of ours have a 12yr old called Alexa. She was teased mercilessly at school - Alexa, what’s the capital of France etc, by several boys in her class. All in jest but very annoying. The family are now calling her Lexie and have insisted all her school records are changed too. So yes it can go pear shaped. The family were very worried about it.

This is one of the strangest threads I have ever read!
I'd recommend Google home....much better than Alexa, and you're unlikely to meet anyone called OKGoogle.