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Not to want my daughter's initials to be 'S.H.A.G'

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NewUserNeedAdvice · 08/10/2016 08:55

I'm not a troll, I promise. I just signed up today as I need some help. My husband is completely settled on the name Sophie for our baby. Our 2 middle names, Harriet and Anya are our parents middle names which we have to use as it's family tradition. However in the order that we thought of, it would spell SHA and our surname begins with a GSad Would our daughter be teased or would it be ok?

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TheVirginQueen · 09/10/2016 20:01

Nob is a bad one!

I knew of a guy decades ago in school, his sur name was Niblock but he was known for 6 years by Noblick. The teachers got it muddled up too.

Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/10/2016 20:20

Just tell people that you're a big fan of seabirds.

SLKsMum · 09/10/2016 20:56

Imagine if she marries someone with a surname beginning with the letter T. Blush

Definitely change the middle names round!

Xx

BowieFan · 09/10/2016 21:31

We certainly noticed the initials of Wayne Andrew Nathan Kitchener at our school. How in the bloody hell they didn't notice that when filling out the Birth certificate I'll never know.

I'm glad we didn't have to pick names for our lads (adopted) because DP always notices these kinds of names. When we were trying for a baby years ago I'd suggest names and DP would reply with "no, you can't have that, it rhymes with XXXX" and then when I got sick of that, he replied "this is how bullies work, BowieFan!"

I think he's just hypersensitive to it because of his work e-mail address. His department use the format of first initial then your surname but there was already someone with that address in a different department. Instead, they just gave DP an address with his initial and the name of the town where his regiment is based. So all of DP's emails come up as "From: [email protected]" Grin

Alorsmum · 09/10/2016 21:43

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TippyT · 09/10/2016 22:23

Coming from a family littered with horrible horrible mistakes like this don't do it please just don't. It might seem funny it's just not x

BowieFan · 09/10/2016 22:30

Alorsmum

When I was at Brunel in the 90s, we all got very posh e-mail addresses when we started. The uni's website was then "bru.ac.uk" and I went to uni with someone called Ian Richard Norton so his email was [email protected] so he got the nickname "Irn Bru" Grin and he still does nearly 20 years later.

lifeaintblackandwhite · 09/10/2016 22:37

Sophie Anya Harriet. or Anya Sophie Harriet?

lifeaintblackandwhite · 09/10/2016 22:38

BowieFan that's hilarious

Essexlass78 · 09/10/2016 22:42

Don't do it!!! I went to school with a Timothy William Atkinson and he was always known as TWATKINS!

reup · 09/10/2016 22:49

Both my sons have initials that spell words - not particularly embarrassing ones but mildly amusing.They are at secondary school now and no one has ever noticed or commented except my SIL when my eldest was a baby.

carobroo · 09/10/2016 23:19

Absolutely not OK. I rarely respond to posts but I feel so strongly about this. Good Luck.

aspoonfulofyourownmedicine · 09/10/2016 23:59

Nope, you are defininte NBU to not want your daughters initials to be that way. Especially in this age where kids take the mickey and it's not in a kind way.

This will probably out me, but my husband nearly became a 'T.W.A.T' until MIL realised and changed his name upon regisration [GRIN]

oneleggedfatbird · 10/10/2016 02:35

I had a friend who deliberately chose a middle name to make a word - TOM,but he was called Thomas, so that was ok! But don't, whatever you do, allow your girl to become the school SHAG. Shudder!

Nannynowamummy · 10/10/2016 05:23

Can you swap Anya to Enya or something? I know it's not the same but it could be considered as an option.

Bulbasaur · 10/10/2016 05:41

Now's the time to pull the "I'm the one carrying this thing for 9 months and squeezing it out" card for leverage. Grin

Seriously, change the name. Women have enough sexual harassment they put up with on a daily basis, don't make it worse for her by naming her name SHAG.

RachelRagged · 10/10/2016 09:23

Please swap the middle names around for your daughters sake .

I had a friend with initials ET , she had a horrendous time of it . Phone Home and such stuff .

Paris7 · 10/10/2016 11:11

I worked with a nice man who's parents had christened him Michael, (Mike), so far so good, but his family name was Hunt. It really was a tad crass of them. I would avoid SHAG if I were you as the others say it's easily done.

Idliketobeabutterfly · 10/10/2016 11:16

oh dear. Please don't do that.
My initials before marriage were JCB which aren't great but SHAG beats it.

Idliketobeabutterfly · 10/10/2016 11:17

Lol i went to school with a Michael Hunt

BowieFan · 10/10/2016 11:29

I went to school with a Cristopher Cross (Chris Cross). One of our teachers said he used to teach a Penelope Lane (Penny Lane) but I don't believe him!

Blankiefan · 10/10/2016 11:38

Categorically dreadful. Swap it round as a minimum.

BowieFan · 10/10/2016 11:44

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BowieFan · 10/10/2016 11:45

Apologies. Wrong thread.

Jumpmom1 · 10/10/2016 12:16

My son's name is Jayden Brook (JB) and first day at high school someone said of your turn your initials round your name would be BJ......🙄.......point of the story is YES children will notice & YES she will b teased.