Alexa or Alexis for a girl

[sundayun]

Looking for a bit of advice, i have always loved the name Alexa but now the amazon thing is popular i'm not too sure. Do you think it's still okay to use? If not, i do like Alexis (but not as much as Alexa). What does everyone think? Thank you

Alexa was a name long before amazon stole it, your fine to use it Alexis is also fine.

I love both, but think Alexa is prettier with its 'a' ending. I think it would be fine to use Alexa imo.
I also considered Alexia and Alexandria for DD (which have the pretty 'a' ending), do you like either of those? :)

I prefer Alexis for a boy.

My one year old daughter is Alexis. I love it. The amazon echo Alexa thing put me off that name

I heard of someone going to their friends house and everytime they spoke to their daughter Alexa.. The Amazon thing would think they were talking to it instead and kept responding!

However.. I think it's a daft gadget that people won't use forever.... whereas the name Alexa will last forever

Alexa. Like both though.

Alexis. So many girls names end in either an 'a' sound or an 'ee' sound, be a little different!

Alexa is lovely as long as you don't have an Alexa thingyma bob in your house that could cause confusion I think I prefer Alexis though

I know some folk hate it but I really like Lexie if you wanted to shorten it.

Alexa. The Amazon thing is a complete irrelevance.

They're both great names, but the Amazon thing would put me off Alexa.
I'd go for Alexandra myself, though (well, to be honest I DID go for Alexandra!)

I would avoid Alexa, personally.

Alexis is okay. I prefer Alexandra or Alexandrina.

Alexis! I know two adult women called Alexis and they are both fantastic. It is a very sophisticated name imo.

Alexandra

How about Alexi?

Although Amazon Alexa won't be around forever I suspect it will be around for a long time and your dd will be forever being told Hey Alexa do this... Which will rapidly get tired.

For what it's worth my mother named me after a tv witch who could wiggle her nose about half a century ago. And random people still bring it up when they hear my name. I suspect Alexa will be a lot better known than the witch and thus the association will follow her for a long time.

Alexa

I agree Alexa will be around for fair few more years and the ‘Hey Alexa do this’ and ‘Alexa Stop’ jokes will probably get pretty tiring. I did hear a dad running after a toddler shouting ‘Alexa stop’ and I’m sorry to say I did giggle a little. I promise it wasn’t obviously but it reminded me of yelling at my morning alarm. Alexis, Alexandra, Alexandria would all be much better in my opinion.

Alexis is a boys name (unless you are passionate Dynasty fans)

How about Alexandra in full? It's a lovely name and it be shortened in lots of ways, including Alexa if the gadget is short-lived

Alexandra or Alix (I think one of Queen Victoria's children or grandchildren was an Alix and she was Alexandrina).

My 9 month old is Alexa and I'm forever getting comments on how unusual/lovely it is. I didn't let the Amazon connection put me off and I have three of the devices in my house (all called Echo). 😊

We loved Alexa and Alexis but heard of the Amazon Alexa coming out and opted for Alexis for our 19mo DD.
She's mainly known as Lexi and our Amazon responds to echo.
Nobody has mentioned the similarity to Alexa so far!

Alexa.

It put me off using it too. I like Alexia but I didn't use that either in the end!