A MAN has revealed the drawbacks of having the “world’s most unfortunate name” which has shaped his life for the past two years.

       Kovid Kapoor, from Bangalore, India, says his moniker has left people bemused and freaked out wherever he goes – but admits it’s not all that bad.

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       The 31-year-old's name has regularly prompted shock when it's read out in public

       Speaking to the Jam Press, the 31-year-old trip agency owner said: "It's been a pretty crazy couple of years for me."

       "When the WHO announced the name of the disease, the first thing I realised was the spelling and pronunciation was very close to my name.

       "It was obviously not something I could do anything about, and it was a very amusing coincidence."

       Kovid explained that he was instantly hit with a slew of relentless puns, jokes and memes among friends and family when the virus was first revealed to the world in late 2019.

       But he soon noticed that his attention would stretch beyond the confines of his home when he would get regular stares at Starbucks when Baristas would call out his name.

       He said: "Sometimes when my friends shout out my name in public a lot of heads turn with an amused look, which is always entertaining!"

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       Kovid began to find that more people thought he was lying about his unusual name, that it was fake or that he'd changed it for a joke.

       For his 30th birthday last year Kovid's friends even ordered him a personalised cake, but the baker thought the icing message had a spelling mistake and changed his name so it read as 'Covid' instead.

       He admitted that the list of small funny interactions was “basically endless” and even found him facing relentless ridicule at airports and hotel.

       He said. "I've had a small chuckle from the security staff at airport security and immigration. The officers will say 'Oh, so Kovid is going to Sri Lanka now.'

       "When I check into a hotel I've had staff joke 'Oh I hope we don't have to put your room under quarantine'.

       “And when I make a restaurant reservation or am I'm meeting someone for the first time they say the same thing”

       The travel company owner later went viral on social media as Kovid poked fun at his own name changed his Twitter bio to: "My name is Kovid and I am not a virus."

       But despite anticipating that the jokes will likely continue for the rest of his life, he ultimately says he’s not bothered.

       He added: "I think from this it shows people should be able to take a bit of humour on themselves, without getting offended.

       "I have realised that people really appreciate that, and my name's story would never have gotten so wildly popular had I not taken the name in the right spirit."

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       Kovid jokingly poses with a bottle of corona 5

       The travel agency says he has been the subject of relentless memes 5

       A baker even changed his name on a personalised cake believing it was a spelling mistake