Dodgy initials?

[Fwend]

DS2 due in June. Surname begins with a T.

We are pretty much set on Sebastian for a first name, and love Henry as a middle name.

Can we use it, making the initials SHT?

I don't see a problem, but DH is dubious. Am I letting him in for a lifetime of bullying?

How many y children actually know their classmates' middle names?

I wouldn't worry too much about that. It's not going to crop up very often.

Don’t do it ! Add another initial or swap Henry around and still call him Sabastian

HST = High Speed Train, but that's better than SHT.

Goodness, don't do it! People will snigger at meetings for ever more (as minutes often use initials although usually just 2 so SH)

DH won't use Henry first. And we love Sebastian!

Might be back to the drawing board on that one.

Anything similar you'd suggest?

Can't use William or George (and am definitely in no way royal!).

Just to put a spanner in the works but my first three children (four different schools) have all had their initials used on their computer ID followed by the first three letters of their surname. Which, abbreviated like that is a piece of lingerie Compounded by the fa t that it is displayed on the smartboard for the whole class to snigger at

Could you swap the first and middle names round on the birth certificate only, but still call him Sebastian? I had a friend at school who’s initials would have been GAS, but his parents swapped his first and middle names round, so he became AGS on his bc. They still called him G though.

I'd avoid D as middle initial too. SDT is too similar to STD.

Frederick
Gregory
Joseph
Theodore
Leonard
Luke
Julian
Wilbur
Lawrence
Mark

Swapping a 'formal' name (passport, Doctors etc ) and a 'used' name can be a pain in the proverbial over a lifetime.

Add another middle name.

E.g. Sebastian John Henry T...

SJHT

I'd totally swap them, but DH won't do it.

I like Luke and Joseph though - I'll see what DH thinks!

Thank you!

(Glad I asked now, as I was adamant I was right and it was no issue. )

How about not providing school etc with his middle name and so it won’t be on anything. That’s what happened to me.

Agree, I wouldn't risk SHT.

Other names
Lucas
Adrian
Damian

We named my son WTH (not on purpose I must add)

(What The Hell- he was supposed to be a girl)

I had embarrassing initials before I got married, and I was teased a lot at school. It almost put me off being a teacher, because teacher's initials are often used.

Initials are used quite a lot. Don't use a middle name as the known as name - it's a PITA.
Why not add another name.
Sebastian Henry Ian or Andrew perhaps.

Mike

DH likes Luke probably because of Star Wars, but I'll take that.

Luke is great and nicer than Seb IMO. I don't get the lurve for the name - it just makes me think of s. coe.

Sebastian Luca T.

I would add another name.

Sebastian Luke Henry T...
Sebastian William Henry T...

Don't do SHT.