BJ

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How much of an issue do you think the initials BJ would be? I like several B names to go with brothers Charles and Wilfred - Bruno and Barnabus in particular but our surname begins with a J and I'm worried that it will leave him open to teasing.
What do you think?

Um, are you giving him a middle name?

Don't do it. Blow job...

I'd avoid it, I don't think he'll thank you for it in the future.

Do not do it - DS's teacher has the same initials, endless sniggering .

Nope, don't do it! [dirty mind emoticon]

Yes, two middle names which would break it up a bit but I tend to think people only really notice the first and last.

Don't do it.

What other names do you like?

Please please do not do it ! .

My idiot parents named my brother BRYAN -JOHN.

Didnt make any diffrence in primary school .

Once he went to secondary school , his life was a living hell .
Even the teachers made fun of his name.
Bullys loved it . You can imagine what they said to him ... .
He was in fights almost every single day at secondary , because of his stupid awful initials. I even had a few fights because i was sticking up for him .

I was also know as blow-jobs sister .

His relationship with our parents isnt good , mainly because of that.

Poor bloke never stood a chance with that affliction name.

Trust me ....your child will hate you if you give BJ as initials.

My sons first two names have the initials BJ. He is a teenager now and only once has there been a BJ snigger and that was from an adult.

onadifferentplanet ....my dbro would never ever have told our mother that he was getting called blow-job ...because she is his mum .

I doubt if your son would tell you either.

My DP has the initials BJ... I giggled a bit when I first realised and he looked at me completely blankly, no-one had ever commented on it before.

Just me that's immature then

I had to avoid Benjamin which I had always planned on using as have a J surname.
Don't do it, dc don't need an excuse to be cruel.

I wouldn't be put off by the initials tbh.

I know 2 people with those initials it has never been an issue.

The thing is it's not just school days you have to consider but adulthood.

My surname was very unfortunate, and knowing it would not be ideal in the profession I wanted to go into, I changed it by deed poll as soon as I turned 16.

It's not so easy to change a first name/initials.

Don't do it. I know someone whose first name and middle name start with B J and he's always hated it.

My maiden name also began with a J. Two uncles and my father have all had the intials BJ. My Dad has been known as BJ for years - no one ever said a word at school despite the obvious connection and me and my four siblings were never teased about it.

He's a judge and it's never effected his work life either.

I'm torn. I don't know if this is an adult interpretation which is unlikely to materialise or a certainty that I seem to have somehow missed?

What about ludo instead? Dd got teased for having her initials on her netball shirt and they are nothibg like bj. Don't do it!

Oh and he has never told his parents so they have no idea there was ever any teasing.

DH's first and middle name have the initials BJ. No teasing at all as far as I am aware. I think as you are giving him middle names too it would be fine.

I agree with Panda.

Don't let something like that stand in the way of a name you love.

Bruno is a gorgeous name and goes very well with Charles and Wilfred. More likely, people are going to notice his distinctive and nice name and not his initials. Firstly, he won't always be introducing himself with both names. Secondly, by the time he does (e.g. for business) then most likely people won't notice and, if they do, hopefully they'll be beyond finding it snigger-worthy. Lastly, it will be a while before other children are old enough to even comprehend the term blow-job. As other people said, it is likely to be other adults that have a 'problem' with it - and that's just silly really.
(No offence anyone - just mean that it is silly compared to how important it is to pick a name you love)

Your alternatives from another thread were also nice, by the way. Rupert sounds great with the brothers' names too....But Bruno is a great name. Don't let sillyness put you off.

Hhhhm don't think I would to be honest! I changed the spelling of DD2s first name from Christina to Kristina in order to avoid her initials being CJD.....what with her being female and all, I didn't want any 'mad cow' jokes!
I wasn't sure whether to just go with the 'Ch' spelling but I asked a few friends, male and female, and they all made this face so we changed it!

Why risk it? Just name your child something else. It really is THAT simple.

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Don't do it. Middle names are rarely used so his initials will be BJ.