What do initials look like with double-barrelled names?

[SaharaSunset]

Just that really..

How would you initial names that are double-barrelled?

For example, with first names, would Ann-Marie Jones be AMJ or AJ?

And when considering surnames would Freddie Smith-Taylor be FST or just FS?

It sounds silly but I'd always assumed it was all letters but DH thinks it's just the first letter of the double-barrelled name?

[sleepismysuperpower1]

all the dc I know with double barrelled names have AMJ, so all the letters rather than just the end one.

[sleepismysuperpower1]

oh hang on, I read this wrong. I think that Ann-Marie Jones would be AJ, but Freddie Jones Smith would be FJS

[TerribleCustomerCervix]

My dc have double barrelled surname, of which one is Irish, so they’re XLOM (boy) and XLNM (girl).

I’ve let go of ever getting them anything monogrammed

[PPopsicle]

I second @sleepismysuperpower1

[Ladyratterley]

My second name is double barrelled without the hyphen. Use first name initial and each of the surname initials.
So if I was actually Helena Bonham Carter, who also has a double second name without the hyphen, I’d use HBC

[Chocolatedeficitdisorder]

My kids are ABD-C. And EFD-C

[Mewithane]

My first name is double barrelled and I use all initials. So AMJ from your example.

[PPopsicle]

I have a hyphen but I’ve never put it when writing my initials, never occurred to me...oops

[IVflytrap]

I'd always thought it was all initual letters represented. So an Anne-Marie Smith-Jones, for example, would be AMSJ. If she went into a profession that uses 2 or 3 initials as shorthand, she'd be either AJ for two, or ASJ for three, surnames taking precedence.

[NameChange30]

I have 2 surnames, no hyphen. My initials are ABC (not actual initials obviously ) Even with a hyphen I think it would still be that because AB-C is clunky. Definitely not AB or AC. That's the whole point of having 2 surnames, they both count.

[Headstand]

I have a double barreled surname and use both names in my initials so Alex Black-Castle would be ABC. I actually get really cross when people just use "AB" rather than "ABC".

[Dilbertian]

In the Dilbertian family we all have:

First name
Middle name
Double-Barrelled surname.

We all use all intials except Middle name, ie FDB.

Have never come across a different system. At work the same system is used to identify staff on memos etc.

[Jossina]

I usually seen a hyphen between the initials for surnames.
So Alastair Damian Smith-Jones would be ADS-J. At least for many schools it is.