Anybody got a daughter called Alexa

[Chriss82]

I know I asked this before Christmas but we are getting more pressure about this. Our daughter is called Alexa before the amazon thing came our and we were thinking about changing her name for obvious reasons but we stayed firm with it as it is. However we have come under pressure from other parents and friends to consider changing it, which if we had to it would be Alexandra as its close to what it is now. We have even been called cruel for not doing it! We have had one parent apologise for the way her son might speak to our daughter as he is very rude to Alexa at home....Has this world gone mad?? Our daughter will be 3 in a few weeks and this is causing us so much worry at home as the next years are crucial to her finding her identity.

Has anyone with a daughter called Alexa really finding it so much of an issue? So sorry to ask again but if we have to act it will have to be soon, thanks again.

Alexa will be old tech by the time she starts school.

Hello!!! We have a DD called Alexa!! It is such a pain and we have to just laugh about it! We make a joke about how when we go to peoples’ houses and I ask Alexa to pop her shoes on because it’s time to go home an electronic voice says “I do not understand what you mean” 🙄. I also won an Alexa at the school fair!!!! After swearing we would NEVER have one in the house! But we just call it Echo. Honestly we laugh it off and it’s not a big deal and we still LOVE the name Alexa and would never change it.

I have a 45 year old work colleague called Alexa. No-one has suggested she change her name.
There are plenty of Alexa’s managing just fine OP.

It's a beautiful name don't change it! Alexa devices will be landfill in a few years when the next big thing comes along. Your daughter is more important than that.

Ridiculous to even think of changing such a beautiful name because of some amazon device that may we'll be obsolete in a few years time.

I think you are over thinking this. Alexa isn’t a negative name. It’s not the name or a murderer or a porn star. And loads of names have more than one meaning.
Scarlett
Hope
Poppy
Clementine

Pearl
Lily

My dd has a friend called Alexa and she has an amazon dot in her bedroom and she hasn’t mentioned it being weird.

This thread is bizarre. I remember your last one, it was bizarre too.

This bit...

We have been defending our little girl's name now for the past few months

Who are you 'defending' her name to? Because from your posts it sounds like yourself.

You need to get over it.

We have had one parent apologise for the way her son might speak to our daughter as he is very rude to Alexa at home...

This is unbelievable. Are you serious?

I'm starting to wonder if this is a wind up..!?

Ummm some mixed replies! Trust me we wish this was a wind up and is the most bizarre/sad thing we have talked about. Seeing children the same age as our daughter shouting commands to their 'Alexa' and her generation accepting this technology as electronic servants we find very disturbing. Our little girl doesn't understand why they are shouting her name to do things and the next few years of her finding her identity in the world is important and could be difficult sharing the same name.

In relation to defending the name, on occasions when we have introduced her to new people some of the comments have just been, like that device thing or twice we have had is that an actual name! We also see now the several car brands have 'alexa' built in on models this year so this thing seems to be growing in popularity so the idea of it being old hat soon doesn't appear to be so.

Please understand we are asking on here because we just want to know if anyone else experiences issues with a daughter called Alexa before we even consider taking such a drastic decision that we really don't want to have to. However though if it really is going to be a issue then as her parents, like most parents we would do what we can to make life less difficult, we did give her the name after all.

Mixed replies?

OP - the person who is most concerned about this is you. Somehow I manage to go about my daily life without regularly seeing people shout 'Alexa'. And someone would have to be staggeringly ignorant to not be aware that Alexa is a real name.

If you were so concerned about your daughter's identity, you'd realise why its a ridiculous idea to change her name.

This has got to be a wind up.

We've heard there's a toddlers dance class which have one so how will our daughter feel if she was stood there and they are shouting Alexa do this do that, very confusing for her. It feels as though her identity has been taking.

So you think that hearing her name in a dance class will be confusing, and will affect her sense of identity. But that changing her name won't?

And that's leaving aside the fact that you could, as a paying customer, politely ask the dance class to give their device another name (which it is entirely possible for them to do).

It is you who is the problem here. Stand up to your 'friends' and make clear that you won't accept their children being rude to your dd.

Alexa is a beautiful name, I would call her Ally or Lexie for short if it's becoming an issue.

If anyone tells you to change her name because they have an Alexa, tell them to change it to Echo!

OP, it's a lovely name but time to stop the agonising now. I would change it ASAP as you clearly are so worried about it.

Alexa is a lovely name. However i know a 6 year old alexa who has recently been having trouble as the other kids find it funny to shout order's at her. The teachers have tried to rein it in but it's still on going. She now goes by Ali. Kids can be so cruel.

@Alongwaytogo thank you for your reply, so that goes to prove that that Alexa's parents want her known by another name and has done exactly what we are being told would be fair on our Alexa. I really believe it's a generational thing.

@TheWanderlust

I know a girl called Alexia who gets called alexa/lexi for short would that work for you? X

@chocolatecake08 unfortunately not as we have a long surname so it sounds funny with so many syllables 🙈 who knew naming a baby could be so difficult 🤦🏼‍♀️

So if there was another little Alexa in the dance class that the teacher was shouting commands at would that mess with your daughters identity too?
OP I mean this in the nicest possible way, but I think the person with the issue about the name is possibly you. Mumsnet is known for its brutal honestly and every single reply has basically said it’s fine and leave your daughters name as it is. You seem to believe Alexa is going to take over the world but in reality it will be superseded by some other technology soon enough. I know a girl called Isis. Now that is a tricky name-and her parents believed at her age it would be wrong to change it. Alexa will be fine. I think you need to let it go.

Honesty not honestly.

Also, kids have been being teased by other kids about their names for ever. It doesn't even have to be a funny name, kids will find a joke in anything.

I think you should change it. She will be teased and she will hate it. You can change it to Alex so it sounds very similar to what she is used to but don’t send her to nursery and school with such a target on her. It would be cruel.

You do realise that in a few years time the technology will be defunct and we won't have them anymore? I can't believe you're actually allowing people to pressure you into changing the name of a 3 year old

Charlie why is it cruel? It’s the little girls name! Because a random piece of technology has the same name? It’s not like she’s called some made up, ‘younik’ monstrosity. Also, if a kid wants to make fun of you for your name, they will-regardless of your name! (Smelly Kelly, Scabby Abbie, Willy-Bum etc etc etc)

I said the word ‘name’ a lot there...