Elixa for a girl?

[DawnieOwl]

I'm quite a big fan of this but wanted to hear thoughts - I really like Alexa but don't want her to be getting compared to an amazon device for the rest of her life and I think this is just as nice.

It's actually a probiotic

And a brand of watches

Surely that doesn’t really hold true in reality though, and the meaning, or even just associations, of the word has to be taken into consideration?! As someone has already mentioned, on this logic you could end up thinking Chlamydia is ok, or Rubella….

What would it get shortened to? Ellie? Lixa? Lixxie??! Or perhaps a nice, simple Lick….

Me too

Eliza would be much nicer, imho.

Did you make it up? Sounds like some sort of medicine, not a name. I would assume it’s a typo for Eliza, which is a lovely alternative

I agree with you on Alexa though - I’ve always loved it but wouldn’t burden a child with it due to the Amazon connotations

She spotted it on the side of her Probiotics.

Electra
Alyssa
Eliza
Lexi (Alexandra)
Roxie (Roxanne/a)
Trixie/ Trix (Beatrix)
Alexis

Leeza?

As a huge fan of Alexa who literally runs my life for me, perhaps not? It's a bit too similar and you don't want devices shouting at you every time you call your DC.

Alicia is lovely as a PP suggested.

It’s too close to the word Elixir. And as others have pointed out, it sounds like you’re saying ‘He licks her’.

You need to name a child an actual name, not just words you like.

What about Alexis?

Zero 'likes', OP. Back to the drawing board.

I don't like it, sounds like Alexa if it was bought from wish

Awful idea. Sorry it’s a no from me. How about Alessandra. Or if it’s got to have an X - Xanthe.

"Ask your pharmacist about Elixa"

Hard no here 😬

NO.

How about
Alexia
Alexandra
Alicia

Sounds like something you'd pick up on prescription to sort out your thrush.

Without being too outing, I am Alexa and no-one really ever teases me about Amazon. They did for a minute I suppose but it quickly just went away. I'd go for Alexa, I love my name.

I don’t like it. How about Elsie, an old fashioned coming back in trend name.

I read the title and immediately thought “antidepressant”.

Eliska is very close however, and a great name.

It's fine if you are older than the Amazon thing. No one expects your parents to have been prophets. But naming a child the same name as an existing digital assistant is naff. Might as well name them 'OK-Google".

Don't we take a dose of that for a tickling cough

How about Alexis, like the girl In Schitts Creek.

Catherine is nice but makes me think of the royals. Catheter is better.

It doesn't sound good. Poor kid!

I like Mirena
As in the IUD

Sounds like a drunk pronunciation of Alexa