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TJ?

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CuppaTeaJanice · 17/11/2009 12:47

I met a baby in the park yesterday called TJ. The mum was a bit scary so I didn't like to ask, but does anybody know if it is a name (Teejay??) or would it be short for something (Thomas James?)

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branflake81 · 19/11/2009 11:48

I used to work with a woman called Ceejay. She was American though.

aristocat · 19/11/2009 11:43

dawntigga hiya mate, was just gonna put TJ Hooker myself

dawntigga · 19/11/2009 11:37

perhaps it's just TJ and she had a thing for William Shatner in a wig?

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 19/11/2009 11:34

I know a boy called TJ. I also know someone whose ds's middle name is TJ.

pranma · 18/11/2009 21:15

There is a TJ on Emmerdale it is short for Terry Junior [yuk]

dizzydixies · 18/11/2009 15:29

I have a double barrelled name that was shortened to initials when I went to uni - I'd say its about 50/50 what I'm known as - always the full whack to my parents/dh but friends and some family call me the initials

frankly my name is a horrible mouthful so I don't mind it HOWEVER I always preferred having a proper name and not just initials

nicnacinoonoo · 18/11/2009 09:22

it can give them more options to use two names and then the initials as a nickname. but we didnt like any other names we liked Ajay on its own as we do with Kacie.

If he doesnt like Ajay when he grows up it can still be shortened to Jay which is another name in its own right. its no different from people giving names that cant be shortened saying that its not giving the child options. + they wouldnt be known by the initials all the time most schools always call pupils by their official first name, and we wanted him to be called Ajay, nothing else. it is an indian name but it is also a native american name meaning unconquerable.

Merle · 18/11/2009 06:28

I know a boy called Thomas James - known as 'TJ' most of the time. His mum I find a bit scary. I usually see them in the park....

florence2511 · 18/11/2009 03:56

I know a girl who changed her name officially from Tracy Jane to Teejay!! I don't know what's worse to be honest. If she didn't like her name then why not change it to something completely different. Bizarre.

muggglewump · 17/11/2009 22:12

I've seen this a couple of times, like Ceejay David, or Teejay Tom, or whatever, and it would seem it is a name rather than initials.

JamieJay · 17/11/2009 22:08

One of the names we'd use if we have a DS in the future would be Timothy (after my father who dies last year) James (after DH's best friend who was killed a few years back) and I prefer TJ as a nickname than any of the short versions of the names.

feedthegoat · 17/11/2009 21:36

My ds has the initials TJ. The glare I met the initial suggestions of using it as a nickname with seem to have put a stop to the idea.

PoinsettiaBouquets · 17/11/2009 21:35

There's loads of nice names beginning with K or C though - Katia Carina, Kathryn Cecily, Katie Charlotte - could still be known as KC.

PoinsettiaBouquets · 17/11/2009 21:32

Ajay's an Indian name pronounced A-jay not ay-jay. Like Planet Ajay on CBBC and Ajay the engine driver on Postman Pat. BBC seems to like Ajays .

I'm always in favour of giving a child of options for the future so would try and come up with 2 proper names even if you were going to use the initials all the time. Sometimes the option of relative anonymity is a useful thing.

anamaria22 · 17/11/2009 15:09

I know Casey, so that does seem to be a name in its own right.

nicnacinoonoo · 17/11/2009 14:56

Kacie is our name for if we have a girl next. it is pretty common in america for boys and girls. (boys spelling Casey)

Vivia · 17/11/2009 14:32

I know a child called KC. Not initials - it is simply ronounced like Kaycee, which is apparently a name in its own right.

I don't mean to always judge names but KC makes me go

nicnacinoonoo · 17/11/2009 13:48

initials

Bucharest · 17/11/2009 13:48

Have just checked (I kept the list) There is a TJ, a Teejay, a BJ, and a PJ (but that's his middle name)

nicnacinoonoo · 17/11/2009 13:47

our ds is called Ajay, it is a proper name that we found in a baby name book.

we know a TJ but it is intials. his first name is thomas after his dad. no idea what his middle name is.

a lot of people tried to get us to change our minds about using ajay saying why dont we call him andrew john or something instead. but the fact of the matter was we didnt want him to be called andrew john or anything else, we wanted him to be called ajay. his middle name is brandon.

thesockmonsterofdoom · 17/11/2009 13:44

I have a TJ, short for Tabitha Jasmine.

MrsZuko · 17/11/2009 13:42

I know a TJ - it's short for Terry James (he's from NZ though, if that makes any difference)

Pinkjenny · 17/11/2009 13:20

Bucharest - BJ? Really?

CantSleepWontSleep · 17/11/2009 13:19

I know one who lives in Luton who is actually Tristan James.

rasputin · 17/11/2009 13:17

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