Alexa

[Chriss82]

Hi, our 2.5 year old toddler is called Alexa, before the amazon device was around. However we are increasingly worried about the impact for her now as the name has now been highjacked and we are considering changing it to Alexandra. Are we being paranoid?

My name is Alexa and I own an Alexa, as do my parents. They now don't say my full name in the house 😂

When I was at school no one could spell the name, or say it but it's becoming more common and I am no longer having to spell it out for people (thanks amazon!)

My husband loves our Amazon Alexa, because he can say "Alexa shut up" and she does 😂

My name has been shortened to Lex since I was a teenager, absolutely hate Alex. Lexi is also an option and that's quite common now

@JugheadismyHero hi Alexa!

How do you feel about hearing your name every two seconds!

It's such a shame they have ruined a beautiful name, what do you think of our dilemma?

I don't personally think they have ruined it, I love my name!

When asked my name I'd do get "oh like the amazon Alexa?" And "it's a beautiful name". Last week I met someone new and they just said "wow!"

I really think the Alexa will become old news soon, but if not the new younger generation will at least know how to spell it - mine never did.

Also in America Alexa.com has been a search engine for years

I would keep the name, when she's older she may want to shorten it or lengthen it or she may just embrace it.

No one calls me Alexa, it's always shortened to lex, and I hate it.

@JugheadismyHero well I'm pleased you still it has a positive vibe. I can just see anyone called Alexa gets bossed about and will have the mickey taken out of them.

Having done a lot of research on Amazon's plans I think this Alexa technology will be around for many a year. Also you are well established with your name my little girl has got to get through the school years yet.

My daughter is called Alexa and she's 5. She's also one of two in her class at school. I was a bit annoyed at first that Amazon had decided to use the same name but I wouldn't change it now and I would choose it again as I love it.
AFAIK she hasn't experienced any bullying by other children at school and she loves her name. When I introduce her to new people I will sometimes say "her name is Alexa, named before the Amazon thing" before anyone can comment.
I haven't come across problems with setting the Amazon devices off but I couldn't care less if I did, I assume they can be switched off? I'm certainly not going to stop using my daughters name in conversation for fear of setting someone's device off. Don't let some big faceless corporation take away your daughter's identity. It's a part of who she is, the same way my daughter's name is a part of who she is and she couldn't be any other name now.

@Catnapqueen thanks for your comments. It's nice to hear that there hasn't been any bullying our hassle with your daughter, maybe though it's just at the age of 5 their to young to realise the connection yet. We definitely didn't call our daughter after that bloody thing but we were only aware of it only when our little girl as turning 1 and even then we didn't really understand what it was.

It's interesting to hear that there is two in her class as we liked the fact the name was not so common, however for your daughter that makes for safety in numbers.

@Catnapqueen i find ever time these bloody adverts show they are taking more and more of my daughters identity as the name Alexa is now know as a product. I am annoyed with myself for giving her a unique name but I realise this is a stupid thing. I can't protect her forever I realise this, this is why I'm thinking of taking action.