When the world takes over your name.
February 2, 2022 6:31 AM Subscribe
Meet the Kovids. There are a lot of people in the world named Kovid, and the jokes are getting old. Archive link if you can't use WaPo.
Rona Barrett and Rona Jaffee immediately come to mind.
posted by briank at 7:10 AM on February 2, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by briank at 7:10 AM on February 2, 2022 [2 favorites]
I can relate. My last name is a homonym of a baseball player who unexpectedly homered and beat the NY Yankees in a World Series. Growing up in the NYC area, it was not a popular name.
posted by tommasz at 8:53 AM on February 2, 2022
posted by tommasz at 8:53 AM on February 2, 2022
Yeah, a know a Siri. She's not been happy for several years.
posted by hwyengr at 12:52 PM on February 2, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by hwyengr at 12:52 PM on February 2, 2022 [1 favorite]
I know a Siri and an Alexa.
posted by madcaptenor at 1:26 PM on February 2, 2022
posted by madcaptenor at 1:26 PM on February 2, 2022
The Karens are the ones I really feel sorry for. But Siris and Alexas got a pretty raw deal too.
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:10 PM on February 2, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:10 PM on February 2, 2022 [2 favorites]
Not to mention Alexa Seary, an unfortunately named person who was doubly jinxed.
posted by acb at 4:11 AM on February 3, 2022
posted by acb at 4:11 AM on February 3, 2022
Won't somebody think of the Brandons?
posted by those are my balloons at 9:14 AM on February 3, 2022
posted by those are my balloons at 9:14 AM on February 3, 2022
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