Initials A.S.S...

[newbiema]

We're finalizing a name for newborn DS.
Love Bertie, but Albert is the only viable long form name we can agree on.
However, our surname is double barreled, both beginning with S.
So his initials would be ASS.
Is this as awful as I suspect or am I overthinking it?!

Maybe BS isn't that great either Marty13 ?
I know it would be BSS really, but sometimes one of the surnames might get left out (a pp has mentioned this happens her child with a double-barrelled surname).

Go for Bertrand/Bertram/Hubert/Robert instead

No.
Bertram is nice.

Robert wouldn’t really help as then he would be an arse not an ass.

Oh dear, viques, never thought of that.

Don’t do that to a child.

If you like Bertie, just name him Bertie.

At secondary school, we had to have our initials embroidered onto our PE skirts. OK, the boys escaped that, but you never know when you might be expected to use your initials. Don’t do it. If your heart is set on Albert, at least add in one or two middle names which don’t begin with R.

Don't do that to him. He won't thank you.

Obviously he can't have the initials ASS. He'd be dealing with that long after you were dust in the grave.

Albert is a bit boring and predictably 2022. Dare to be different and call him Robert.

Don’t!! How about Herbert?

Yes. It's awful. Truly. Don't give a child ASS as their initials. Surely you shouldn't have to ask this!

@viques

Robert wouldn’t really help as then he would be an arse not an ass.

Why would it be Arse? Swapping Albert for Robert would be BSS, or BS if he decides to drop a surname which isn't great.

Bertie is quite an endearing name for a baby , not for a teenager and above. He won't thank you in later years.

I didn’t think adding a middle name helps here, because the ASS comes from a first initial and a double barrelled surname. It’s not uncommon for people to use first initial then both surname initials without middle initials coming into it.

We had EXACTLY this and added a second middle. Had to work out if it’d fit on passport forms…

@Dinoteeth surely it would be RSS

@Jellybean23

Bertie is quite an endearing name for a baby , not for a teenager and above. He won't thank you in later years.

I’d rather be Bertie than ASS. Bertie is climbing massively in popularity as a stand-alone name, and with peers called Alfie, Tommy, Teddy, Evie, Millie etc. I don’t love that style of a name as a full name, but they are so popular and have been for years that I’m not concerned about them working for adults.

My university email address was my initials and at my current job we sign everything off with initials. You cannot give the poor child the initials ASS and adding a middle name will not help!

It shouldn't matter but I wouldn't do it. Primary aged kids will be all over that for teasing

@Jellybean23

Bertie is quite an endearing name for a baby , not for a teenager and above. He won't thank you in later years.

Hmmm - like Jamie, Harry, Freddie, Robbie ?

Gilbert?

Dd did a sport (boys and girls) where they had tracksuits with their initials on.

In every job I’ve ever had and committee I’ve ever been on, actions have been allocated by initials. In a previous job, we had pigeon holes with our initials on.

No way.

Just call him Bertie, it doesn’t need to be short for something