Ruined child's life with the name?

Honestly, reading OP’s posts, HOW did you think this was helpful input for someone clearly obsessing and struggling over something that is completely unreasonable to change now? Jeez.

There's nothing wrong with your DDs name, it's lovely and she likes it.

I think it's a lovely name. my child is dyslexic so the word dyslexic comes up a lot for us and I don't think it's similar to the name Alexia at all. it's a beautiful name.

It's a bit medical-sounding.

It's a lovely name with a super meaning and DD loves it - try to stop worrying. Hopefully this thread has reassured you x

It's a lovely name. It was in my top 5 list for my DD. I have never heard of any negative connotations for Alexia until reading this thread. I work I work in medicine, have never come across Alexia as a diagnosis!

This. I feel for the poor child. Rejecting her name is tantamount to rejecting her identity at that age.

Honestly OP, this obsession and these intrusive thoughts of yours are indicative of a condition that needs professional help.

I like Alexia and I'm really fussy about names! Don't overthink it OP. Your DD likes her name and she's 8 - it's not like you can change it now. If you're really depressed though you should go and see your GP. It's not normal to be agonising to such an extent over a name you gave your DC 8 years ago!

Very normal name imo

She doesn't want to be called Lexi!
Let the poor child use her given name. You need to get help because honestly this is a ridiculous obsession. It really is a lovely name.

OP had already said that her daughter doesn't want to be called a shortened version. She loves her name. She's eight years old, and her name is her identity. Parents can't go deciding that she's called something else, even a diminutive, when their child is eight years old.

You need to let it go and stop over-thinking things, focusing on what other people might think.

Lots of names out there have additional meanings, or get known for other connotations. You can't really predict it.

Malena =bloody poo
Amelia =missing limb

Karen
Madeline
Isis (resulted in a lot of naming regret after 9/11)
(and going back a fair bit, Sharon & Tracey, and well before that, Fanny!)

The thing is these things happen universally and there's nothing you can do to avoid it. Names just become a sound that helps us bring to mind an individual anyway. E.g. obviously I'm familiar with the Karen meme...but does it come into my mind, at all, when I think about my friend Karen? Nope -it just feels like a completely separate thing.

Just start calling her Lexi for short.

Call her Allie if you want to move away from Alexia

But Alexia is a perfectly lovely name. Half the girls in my dd's high school hockey team were called Alexia or Alex or Alexa - the name was popular for a reason.

I think you may be anxious and have hung on to the name as the focus of your anxiety but really it is nothing to do with the name.

you DO risk ruining her 8th year (if not beyond) if you progress with any plans to change the name she loves.

That.
The name isn't damaging your daughter. But you will damage her if you persist in giving her the impression that there's something wrong with it and that she should change it.

Seriously, you need to talk to a professional before you give your happy child a real complex about her name. You have some kind of obsession that needs resolving for both your sakes.

She likes her name. She appears to have suffered no issues from it. I think you can safely say you have not ruined her life with it.

Get some help about invasive thoughts if it is upsetting you this much.

Alexia is a lovely name. I have known 2 Alexias and it has never crossed my mind that its like dyslexia!! I would have loved to call my daughter this name but as it is quite unusual it would have seemed like i was using my friends name so I didn't.

Your daughter has a beautiful name.

It's a nice name, I would never have linked Alexia and Dyslexia together, just wouldn't have thought about it. If she loves it, I'd try and get over it. There are plenty of lovely nicknames with her name that she can choose later on if she wishes.
Try and keep your feelings about her name to yourself so you don't give her a complex about it, it's likely none of the issues you have with it will ever come up and it is lovely she likes her name.

Do you think Alexia has dyslexia ?

Call her Alex if it bothers you.

I wouldn’t connect it with dyslexia 🤷‍♀️

Baby names forum can find issue with literally any name.
My DD is called Jessica and people moaned because it sounds like sick ?!

@Calmdown14 I agree, as must admit I thought the same...

Alexia is a lovely name. I wouldn't shorten it, it's nice just as it is.

I think it’s a lovely name and wouldn’t think negatively if I met a child with it. I’ve never heard of the medical term and it’d never occur to me to associate it with dyslexia despite being a teacher and therefore being very familiar with the term. I honestly think you’re worrying over nothing.

The name Amelia also has a medical meaning but it doesn’t stop hundreds of people using the name every year. I honestly don’t think anyone would think of medical connections unless they’re in the job and use it in that format