Wait. You're saying that while each and every one of us has their simple names like Linda or Matt misspelled, they actually spelled yours right, as a historical first?
— Roland Venesz (@steerio) January 8, 2022
In this modern world, people who already have the names Alexis or Siri get some grief. Having your name associated with a meme is troublesome; just ask any woman named Karen. But imagine if your name was Kovid! Just writing that sentence is difficult, because spellcheck wants to change it to covid. Kovid is a not-all-that-uncommon name in India, and has been for a long time. Kovid Kapoor has been hearing the same jokes for two years now.
Kapoor has largely turned to humor, telling his Twitter followers he’s been “kovid positive since 1990” – when he was born – and he could only laugh with the airport employees carefully reviewing his passport on his recent trip to Sri Lanka, his first time leaving the country during the pandemic. Or at Google’s assumption his own name must be spelled wrong.
Similar stories can be told by women named Rona, Delta airlines, and of course, Corona beer. Read the stories of several Kovids, both men and women, and what they've had to put up with these last two years. -via Metafilter