I love my unique name, but people think it’s a joke because it sounds like a virus

HAVING an uncommon title could make life just a little extra entertaining or difficult, particularly once you first introduce your self.

However for Kovid Kapoor, from Bangalore in India, life has been fully totally different because the pandemic started.

Kovid poses with a bottle of Corona beerCredit score: AFP

Talking to the Mirror, the 31-year-old journey company proprietor stated: "It's loopy how I get all this consideration for my title.

"Earlier than the pandemic, I've at all times thought it was a novel title.

Up to now he has met only one different particular person named Kovid, while he was in school and located they immediately linked as a result of Kovid had by no means discovered anybody with the identical title as him.

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Kovid defined that he was amused when the WHO first introduced Covid in 2019.

He stated: "Mates and relations began sharing the stories with me. It was stunning at first."

Kovid has since had his fair proportion of individuals laughing at him for his title and even had baristas in espresso outlets stare at him purely for what he is referred to as.

He stated: "Folks actually discover it amusing, they assume I'm joking or have modified the title."

The person has even modified his Twitter bio to: "My title is Kovid and I'm not a virus."

As for the nationwide protection, Kovid stated: "For 3 months straight, my title was on TV on daily basis though with a slight spelling distinction. It felt nice. My mom was equally amused."

Kovid's mum selected his title after she discovered it in a non secular hymn. It additionally interprets from Hindi to imply scholar.

Afterward within the pandemic, Kovid discovered that extra individuals thought he was mendacity about his title, that it was faux or that he'd modified it for a joke.

For his thirtieth birthday final 12 months Kovid's associates even ordered him a personalised cake, however the baker thought the icing message had a spelling mistake and adjusted his title so it learn as 'Covid' as a substitute.

Regardless of the relentless ridicule, Kovid can see the humorous facet of his distinctive scenario and hopes that the eye he's getting goes in the direction of his journey company enterprise.

Kovid interprets to imply 'scholar' in HindiCredit score: Caters

The baker obtained one letter flawed on his birthday cake and adjusted your entire which meansCredit score: Caters

Even the web is altering his titleCredit score: Caters

The company proprietor cannot even get a espresso with out inflicting just a few gigglesCredit score: AFP

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