JEF

[JennyBlueWren]

Our proposed boy's names would make the initials JEF which is a bit like Jeff. Is that okay or to be avoided? One option would be to put an extra middle name in but that involves some more thinking.

[WerewolfBarMitzvah]

I don't see the problem. Surely most people's initials make words that are a bit like others?

[WowserBowser]

I think that is totally ok!

[TallulahTwinkletoes]

Totally ok.

Ones to worry about are ASS and BUM

[myotherusernameisbetter]

yes JEF is fine, CUM, TIT, FUK are also on the "don't do it" list :o

[WowserBowser]

Oh, and BOOBIES is out too

[midwinternights]

No problem

[JennyBlueWren]

Thanks!
Wowser -:p I think it would be unfair to give a child 5 middle names as well as with those initials! Imagine filling out forms! Only royalty can get away with it as they have people to do the form filling for them.

[TimefIies]

Do you mind if his friends call him Jeff? It's a fair possibility it would be a nickname he'd get. As others have said though, it seems pretty inoffensive.

[skildpadden]

What's wrong with Jeff? I know on mumsnet it seems to be used like Smurf, but i don't get it.

[myotherusernameisbetter]

I would also say that my children have managed to get to 14 and 13 without anyone even knowing they have a middle name, much less what it is and then worked out what their initials are. Unless you are trying to find an easy combination for a personalised number plate at a later date or it is truly offensive/rude then I wouldn't even think about it

[moxon]

Fine.

[EugenesAxe]

For a minute I was expecting to post 'Do you really want a unique spelling reminiscent of a household cleaner?'

I also think it's fine, but that PP has a point that it could end up a nickname.

[BonnieWeeJeannieMcCall]

I think it's fine.

[skylark2]

I think it's pretty harmless. Any time you have a vowel as a middle initial you're going to get something which is pronounceable. I don't think Jef is bad.

[Bowlersarm]

I think you have to be prepared that he might get called Jef by his friends; I know two people who are known by the name their initials make. If it bothers you, I'd put another name in.

[elQuintoConyoIKNOWHIM]

As in 'What the...?'

I don't think anyone will realise.

My Dsis changed her surname when she got married about.... ooh... 13 years ago. Her initials are now BJ. No one - and I mean no one - has commented in all this time.

Do you really see people's initials around these days? Except maybe on a school trunk or tuck box?

[TheHorseHasBolted]

I think it would be quite cool and he could potentially use Jef(f) as a nickname if he ever fancied a change. (I actually like the name Jeff but wouldn't use Jeffrey as a full name right now because it seems so dated, so this would be a clever way around it!) But like some of the others, I don't think anyone will even think about his initials until he is a teenager at least, unless you intend to buy him lots of monogrammed stuff!

[iwouldgoouttonight]

Just got me thinking about my friends and their DCs and if anyone has initials that spell a word. I know a LIE, SAG, GAG, MOG, TNT and PAT. None of which had occurred to me before

[skildpadden]

my initials aren't great but luckily nobody (to my face) has commented.

is what the jeff a thing, or a mumsnet thing!??