Full name, Spencer Arthur Dean - opinions?

[MrsDaft]

I was just looking for some opinions on our only boy name option.

We both like Spencer but I’d like to put the feelers out and see what some opinions are on it too. We don’t want to share with friends and family for opinions yet.
I’ve only got 8 weeks until my due date so need to get looking for alternatives/back up if needed.

Thanks!!

Not keen on the initials.

It’s a fine name! But as PP said initials are SAD which might be off putting? Is Dean your surname or one of the middle name options to Ds?

Change Arthur, its not a nice name and the initials will not be SAD

Dean is our surname. I married into it and my initials are SAD too 😂😂 which was not by choice obviously but possibly why I never thought too much about initials haha.

I like it. People might call him 'Sad' but there are worse nicknames.

Spencer is a lovely name. And to be honest he’s unlikely to be called Spencer Arthur Dean, he’ll just be Spencer Dean. Which is nice.

Obviously I would change initials if they were like DIK or FUK but I think SAD is ok.

my surname is similar to yours in that it’s a (first) name. Spencer could be a last name, so he might get the odd Dean Spencer mistake but that’s hardly major.

😂 then go for it! you can be SAD together 😂 it’s a lovely strong name and like a PP has said he’ll likely be known my first and surname in which case it’s SD

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yeh, that's the worst thing about it. It flows well though.

Having taught a few kids with names like Jackson Harrison / Robert Lee I wouldn’t personally use a surnamey given name with a surname like Dean as they do get muddled but if that doesn’t bother you then Spencer is a nice name.

SAD isn't so bad. I know a bloke who is PMS. The day this realization dawned on his highschool classmates was a bad day for him.

Working in the nhs, names that can be switched are annoying. I expect he will find it annoying. If you still want it, add another name so initial don't say SAD

I agree, I work for a government body not in UK, but once in a while some genius will enter the name backwards. Not often I know but it has happened. Or when you search for the name you are doing the search back to front. Not a major cause of stress in my life! But still.

I definitely wouldn't go with SAD initials

I don't love the flow of Spencer Arthur but it's very rare that the middle name gets used so flow between first and middle isn't as important as flow between first and last and Spencer Dean flows well. I kind of agree with the other posters though that it may create confusion occasionally. I live outside of the UK in a country where names are often written surname, first name, but not ALWAYS written that way, so this would be one of the times when you wouldn't necessarily spot that the surname was first and you would happily assume the first name was Dean.

I don't love Spencer as a first name. I prefer Arthur, though it's so popular. SAD initials would be a dealbreaker for me.

How about Mark instead of Spencer?
Then he can be MAD instead of SAD.

Yeah at my work we don’t consistently write names one way or the other, and Spencer Dean would definitely get confused as Dean Spencer. But I guess that’s a minor hiccup, just be prepared to correct occasionally.