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Would these initials put you off? (Baby names)

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WiIdfire · 26/06/2015 17:56

Our choice of girls names would give the initials BAD. Would that be a problem or am I overthinking it?

On a separate note, I'm thinking of Toby for if it is a boy, but I don't really like Tobias. Can Toby be short for anything else? Just to give him options when he's older.

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Sophronia · 26/06/2015 18:08

Could you add a second middle name?

Toby could also be short for Tobin or Tobiah.

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HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs · 26/06/2015 18:16

You cannot use the initials BAD. It's just inviting mockery.

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CakeRattleandRoll · 26/06/2015 18:19

I don't think those initials would put me off a name I loved.

Love Tobin for nn Toby.

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33goingon64 · 26/06/2015 18:22

I'm similarly assuming I shouldn't use a name that spells PIG. For me I think I just can't do it.

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CamelHump · 26/06/2015 18:23

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 26/06/2015 18:34

BAD I think I'd avoid. Can you put an extra middle name in?

I have a Toby full name Tobias, no one realised his full name - including my DM and the boy himself - until he was about 6. I always thought if he didn't like Toby, he'd probably call himself by his middle name rather than Tobias, which is similar to Toby.

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VixxFace · 26/06/2015 18:34

Bad is well bad. Don't do it.

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nancy75 · 26/06/2015 18:36

Nobody cares, honestly my initials are much worse and nobody cares,

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usualsuspect333 · 26/06/2015 18:45

No one will care. I think the initials BAD are quite cool anyway.

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WiIdfire · 26/06/2015 20:59

Thanks for the opinions. Our second choice gives BED which Im not sure is better, especially when teenaged :-)
I think we'll look again. A second middle name could work, but I'm not so keen. No particular reason.

I like Tobin - thanks!

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Finola1step · 26/06/2015 21:02

You could just choose a middle name that doesn't begin with a vowel.

Toby on its own is v nice.

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WiIdfire · 26/06/2015 21:04

Yes I think a non-vowel is the answer. I might have to avoid BJ D aswell though!!!

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Finola1step · 26/06/2015 21:38

Definitely not Joanne, Josephine, Jemima et al as a middle name Wink

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ashesandfire · 26/06/2015 22:00

My girl's initials are BG so we avoided vowel mns, I didn't want her initials to spell BAG, BEG, BIG, BOG or BUG! Also avoided J for obvious reasons!

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Springtimemama · 26/06/2015 22:08

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TattieHowkerz · 26/06/2015 22:24

Please think carefully about calling your child Tobin. To me, and a lot of people, it just means serial killer Sad

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FraggleHair · 26/06/2015 22:35

I wouldn't be one bit bothered by the initials BAD.

STD yes, BAD no.

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WiIdfire · 27/06/2015 06:25

Ha! Yes, my first choice of Simon Thomas D... didnt last very long.

I definitely dont want serial killer. Off the list again I guess...

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Purl1Knit1 · 27/06/2015 07:09

Can you just swap the order of the names, so it's ABD, but use the middle name as the main name?

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Mehitabel6 · 27/06/2015 07:19

I wouldn't do it to them. Choose a different middle name.

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HighOverTheFenceLeapsSunnyJim · 27/06/2015 11:45

Don't use the middle name as the main name, that's what DH has & it is a right pain.

I wouldn't be bothered by BAD. I would avoid STD though, and BJD.

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littlejohnnydory · 27/06/2015 22:44

I wouldn't use BAD. I'd add another middle name. Am I the only one who has no idea why BJG is a problem? DH doesn't know either. I'm guessing it's something rude.

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Lucaslovesfelicity · 27/06/2015 23:00

It's fine..Smile

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GinUpGirl · 27/06/2015 23:06

Everyone has problems with BJ because blow jobs, but in reality, I've known HUNDREDS of Benjamin John's (etc) and noone has ever been thick enough to be fussed - including sex obsessed teenagers.

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YonicScrewdriver · 27/06/2015 23:07

I wouldn't be put off, though.

Tobin wouldn't have that resonance for me and he'd be Toby everywhere that mattered, right? Or just have Toby on the certificate, it's a fine mane.

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