People named Alexa are angry at Amazon, and some are changing names

Published December 6, 2021 7:34pm ET



People named Alexa are reportedly starting to change their names because of the teasing, jokes, and harassment they receive because they share a name with Amazon’s popular voice assistant.

Those named Alexa are angry with Amazon because they say their name has been “appropriated” by the corporate giant, according to dozens of women and girls named Alexa that the Washington Post interviewed.

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