Can I get away with DAMM initials?

[crimblecrumbles]

DH and I have finally agreed on name for DD2 but realised initials will be DAMM! Is that really awful?

My DC is BAAA, never given it a moment's thought. Never used initials for anything. Middle names are so rarely used for anything, we never give middle names for anything even school, unless specifically asked for them.

I think as a child it wouldn't be a big deal. As an adult it could pop up all the time in users names that are allocated. However, that's a long way in the future, user names may have been replaced with something entirely different.

That wouldn't bother me tbh. Can't remember the last time I wrote down my own initials or looked at anyones. I don't know most people's middle names.

Thanks everyone. She hasn't been born yet so we have time to go back to the drawing board if needs be. I just love the names! Delilah Amelia. I'm not religious just don't want her to hate it! I have a friend whose initials are PMS but she just jokes about it and isn't bothered. It's just a lot of pressure naming about her human!!

I would add in one more middle name.

I think it’s fine. It’s really not a thing

Who even notices initials! You love the name, keep it.

Change Amelia to Emilia?

Amelia is a family member name so reluctant to change it

Sorry, cross post.

Delilah Amelia would sound lovely with one more middle name in the middle. Together, they blend into each other a little - when I say them out loud, it sounds like "Delilah Ramelia" (because of the 'a' at rhe end of Delilah and the beginning of Amelia). How about
Delilah Maeve Amelia
Delilah Sophie Amelia
Delilah Isabel Amelia
Delilah Iris Amelia

I wouldn't even notice, realistically how many people in her everyday life are going to know her middle name?

People are reacting here negatively to it because it has been spelled outfly I them, when in real life they wouldn't even know those are her full initials, so this isn't a true reflection.

*spelled out to them

Only time I use my initials is at school (work) but even then it's only the first and last initial, never my middle one.

So not sure it's too much of an issue tbh.

I actually disagree that nobody would notice and nobody knows middle names. I think I know all my friends middle names and it's definitely been picked up on in the past when someone has funny initials or initials that spell something. Especially at school! Also, people tend to announce the full name of the baby when they announce the birth, no?

No, don't do it!

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a HUGE problem. But as you've written the thread and you've picked up on it, might it bother you a little? If you're already thinking about it now, it might bother you in the future when she's here or you might regret it.

I don't think it matters. When do you even use all your initials like that? Other than bowling, when it would just be a bit of a laugh anyway!

@MadameGazellee right, you can notice and pick up on it, but does anyone really give it a second thought? I’d think ‘oh, okay’. Wouldn’t you?

Same with name announcements - I read the new baby’s full name, think ‘nice’ (unless the child is called Ballonz), zoom in on the picture to see their little face/toes/head bow and then keep scrolling down. With respect to the OP and any other new mothers, that’s the reaction people will have, because my life doesn’t revolve around friends’ babies’ name announcements

I think Delilah and Amelia are both lovely names but not mad keen on how they sound together. I agree with pp they will run into each other when said and actually contain lots of similar sounds..

I'm surprised by how few people use their initials. We use ours all the time at work but, to be fair, only use the middle initial when there's a clash of first and last initials (surprisingly common). Dc1 just started uni this year and their initials are their uni identifier so on email address, key card etc (and they didn't know before arriving so no opportunity to change anything).
Having said all of that, DAMM wouldn't bother me at all.

Sounds fine to me.it won't be an issue. I don't think anyone knows my middle names anyway except immediate family.

@crimblecrumbles

Amelia is a family member name so reluctant to change it

How about Amelie? Very similar but removes the double -ia sound.

I literally never use my full initials, including middle name. Only ever FirstnameSurname

I am literally always full initials, as otherwise my boss and I cant be distinguished in actions issued in meetings - we are both IL, so he is IXL and I'm ITL. Depending on where you work, initials can be used frequently, or not at all.

I don't understand why DAMM would be bad. Is it because it's similar to 'damn'?