The last, and now the first

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A little while ago I discovered that one of our neighbours, a few houses down the road (a quite reclusive older lady who I have only ever seen once) is named Omega. I thought this was unique, I had never come across anyone named after a letter (Greek or otherwise) before. But then yesterday at an event I was introduced to a young man whose name was Alpha! (I refrained from making any quips about the alpha male, I’m sure they’ve all been done before). So now I have met the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. It was also somewhat gratifying to me that one is older, female and ‘white’, while the other is young, male and ‘black’ (in this case actually black, not just ‘black’ in the sense of being slightly more coffee-coloured then your average Caucasian). A pleasing juxtaposition. Do you know anyone named after a letter of the alphabet? All rights reserved. © Text copyright Fleur 2025. Image from Pixabay.