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Mindboggl · 13/09/2026 08:41

Martiniolives · 10/09/2026 22:33

To name a baby a name that gives her the initials bj?

there would be a middle name but still. I worry about peers mocking too

Just no.

Fiddlesticks1 · 13/09/2026 08:39

Our postcode is BJ. Lived here over thirty years and was only in the last couple of years the initials dawned on me. **

Scottishskifun · 13/09/2026 04:50

I dated a guy who's initials were BJ I cringed every time he's mum called him by it!
Stick a middle name in between!

BethBynnag86 · 13/09/2026 04:45

Oldsu · 11/09/2026 02:23

I always associate BJ with the character from M.A.S.H rather than anything else in fact it was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this thread not sure if that makes me naive or just old

Ha ha.Me too!

Bouncywaves · 13/09/2026 04:40

No, just no. Life is hard - don't start your child's life off with a name that will invite sniggers and wry looks. There are hundreds, thousands of other names. As I used to say to my small children when they were about to do something silly, "What good will come of this?"

Onautopilot · 13/09/2026 04:16

Nope, especially a girl! Her teen years would be torture.

Whiskeyandkittens · 12/09/2026 00:13

I used to know someone with a name similar to Brian James Robinson, who was happily known to everyone as BJ.
It started to seem normal eventually!

lavenderrosedaisy · 11/09/2026 23:44

We really liked boys names with BJ as initials so we didn’t use it, I wouldn’t.

Morepositivemum · 11/09/2026 23:38

Every time I see the office and see B J Novak’s name I wonder why the hell he doesn’t use one of his names instead of using those initials!!

ElefantAndCastle · 11/09/2026 23:36

Don't.

JuanaSmith · 11/09/2026 23:34

Why would you?

JoyChansey · 11/09/2026 23:21

No, it's easily avoidable.

Don't make your child's life unnecessarily difficult, especially as the effect will be greatest in the early stages of their life.

MyArtfulGreySloth · 11/09/2026 22:32

Don’t do it.

seahorsessky · 11/09/2026 22:29

He or she could become PM (yes, I know he had other names).

Anyone who lived in Preston as a kid remember a hotdog place near Debenhams called BJs?

Only mentioning because what did everyone think of first?

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 11/09/2026 22:13

Ratherhaveacupofteaandabiscuit · 11/09/2026 03:33

Maybe times have changed but my awful ex husband had these initials and nobody ever commented.
Not something I ever thought of but I suppose it depends on your life experience, social circle and cultural references.
I knew him from childhood and nobody at school, college or university ever mentioned such an issue.

I think if you kid has a very strong bullish personality it can be ok.

If they’re an ordinary kid, or worse shy or otherwise awkward, then you leave them open for bullying

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 11/09/2026 22:11

Definitely don’t do this.

No matter how nice the first name is, don’t do it.

Why give your child an extra burden and obstacle at school?

People saying Boris Johnson is OK - his name is Alexander!

Hohofortherobbers · 11/09/2026 22:09

JMSA · 10/09/2026 23:39

Honestly? 😂
What a bunch of innocents you must be!

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BJ is nearly 80, nobody has ever commented on her nickname.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 11/09/2026 09:38

11AndCounting · 10/09/2026 23:37

Bish?

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Damnit, I knew I should have namechanged for that one! Yep, it's Bish

MarchionessVonSausage · 11/09/2026 05:40

maxslice · 11/09/2026 04:55

And as we know, you are brilliant, beautiful, and beyond reproach. Yay, you!!!

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ToffeePennie · 11/09/2026 05:37

I didn’t grow up in the UK, and at the schools I grew up in my last and middle initials were swapped so it was AP(E). No one ever commented.
My friend has a daughter with the name Billie-Jo and nicknamed BJ, again, no comments. That baby is now 12 and as far as I’m aware, no issues with her name, she attends the secondary my son does and everyone just calls her BJ. A couple of lads sniggered upon first hearing it, but the teachers use it too and I guess after you hear it often enough it looses its power?

KindlySurfiingPlatypus · 11/09/2026 05:36

Findingthissohard · 10/09/2026 22:53

Both my kids are at secondary and they have numerous T-shirts and hoodies with their initials on so I would never do this.
I got teased for my initials all the way through school and so this was a levy check for me on naming my kids

We had the initals on sports kit too but the kid with initials WC got teased more than the kid with initials BJ

Clarabell77 · 11/09/2026 05:14

Ratherhaveacupofteaandabiscuit · 11/09/2026 03:33

Maybe times have changed but my awful ex husband had these initials and nobody ever commented.
Not something I ever thought of but I suppose it depends on your life experience, social circle and cultural references.
I knew him from childhood and nobody at school, college or university ever mentioned such an issue.

Same here - know a few people with those initials.

maxslice · 11/09/2026 04:55

MarchionessVonSausage · 11/09/2026 04:43

I agree. You came quite close to my own name there 😎

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And as we know, you are brilliant, beautiful, and beyond reproach. Yay, you!!!

MarchionessVonSausage · 11/09/2026 04:43

maxslice · 11/09/2026 04:02

I think that unless the family and people around her call her "BJ" she'll be fine. If you name her "Brianna Jane" or whatever, and call her by those names or a variation of them, it'll be okay. But the safest thing to do, is to name her "J B" then it has little or no risk of becoming a "thing".

I agree. You came quite close to my own name there 😎

MarchionessVonSausage · 11/09/2026 04:40

I stand by my BJT initials. You are all juvenile & projecting this nonsense on future generations.

(Although I do see the point).