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How much do you need to worry about initials of first and middle name?

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careynurse · 04/05/2022 08:36

Would the initials of the first and middle name together put you off naming your child something?
We have a family name of James which we'd like to use (in honour of his nan and grandad), but we love the first name Ben. This would make his first initials BJ Hmm would this stop you from using the names together or am I thinking too much into it?

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Martinisarebetterdirty · 04/05/2022 08:45

I always look at initials, at work we initial to sign things off. Our school also uses initials. It’s a bit cruel to have BJ as initials, it will get out at school and children will be mean.

PumpkinsandKittens · 04/05/2022 08:43

I wouldn’t use BJ at all even if it was a middle name and first name but then I didn’t give my child a certain middle name because it would have spelled a body part and I don’t want initials to spell anything either!