Initials.....BJ

[Jo11319]

Hi, we really want to call our son Benjamin, however our surname is Jackson and one of our friends said we shouldn’t give him the initials BJ 🙈 Do you think we should still go with it, or will he be teased later in life?!?

Don't do it😱

Love the name Benjamin great choice but also do agree the initials BJ may cause some laughter and teasing among friends during his high school years but I think grown ups wouldn’t care so much about this, so I guess if your prepared to risk it for a few years at school go for it! My initials are ASS by the way and I don’t have any trouble with this 😜

I know two people (similar to Bernatte Johnson and Bernard Jacobs but not that)& I struggled thinking of their actual names then because, BJ. And everyone knows them as such..

Yeah don't do it, there are plenty of other nice names

3 threads?

BJ? What do you think?!

Oh just go for it. Who cares. It'll make the kid learn to be tolerant of immaturity.

No, don't do it..

I really think it’s fine.

Don’t do it. Aside from the obvious, every BJ I’ve ever known has been a horrible thug.

Would you like these initials?

Don't do it. It's cruel and stupid and unfair. And he'll never forgive you.

There are a zillion other names: choose one of those.

I wouldn't. I also don't like Benjamin. Maybe it's just me but I think Benjamin Bunny every time I hear it.

I wouid have though nothing of those initial, because it's something I've never heard in RL or seen anywhere other than on MN.

However, it does seem from strength of response (on this and on other threads over the years) that it is in wider use for some. Not universal, but fairly common.

Only you can call if that is common enough (or likely to endure long enough) for it to be a problem.

Don't do it!

My dsis changed her surname on marriage and became BJ. No one gives a flying fuck.

Do it. People (adults mainly) need to grow the fuck up.

Don’t set your child up like that

My son has B J has his first and middle initial...It has never crossed my mind until I read it here....

I also work with someone who is a Ben with a surname starting with J.... Never, ever, ever been mentioned.

Surely people are more mature than that...????

And for what it's worth, Benjamin is a lovely name...