Would you stick with original name if it meant your baby girl initials spelt M.A.N

[Babytwodue]

So we’ve had a girl name chosen since 2020 when we had our little boy.
Our DS has a really cute name for my bump and I am considering using it as a middle name, but this would mean her initials would be MAN ….would you still go for this?

I can’t imagine not using either of the names, but the middle name is quite obscure so I wouldn’t want to switch them around 🫠

The monogram issue is a good point. Dds' school have recently introduced PE hoodies, with their initials monogrammed onto the front. Nearly all the kids have got their first, middle and last initial put on.

Well my dc went to a prep school where the initials went on everything from tuck boxes to games shirts so I wouldn’t choose initials which could cause teasing. Why not add another middle name?

MAN is no big deal. I used to have to use initials professionally (strange company protocol), so have seen all sorts - it’s basically only an issue if it spells something rude. So STD or BUM wouldn’t be great. I know someone who is IMP and used to get called Impy by his colleagues, but it was affectionately meant! Just go for the names you like and don’t worry about it.

This post prompted me to work out what my family and friends' initials spelt. Previously had never given it a thought!

What’s the problem? No-one would care.

I'd add an extra middle name myself just in case, but if you don't want to I agree initials are not really that big a deal unless it spells something rude. I can't see that she'd get teased - Amanda's don't and it's right there in the name. Yeah, she possibly won't want to get her full initials monogrammed - but she can just get M.N instead.

It’s fine, not like it spells out a rude word or sounds funny. I worked with someone who had the initials A LeP D, borderline titter worthy, was at school with an A.Hoy and the DC had a classmate that was - if you reversed his first and last names - the man from DM, you know the one on the tinned fruit ads who says ‘Yes’.

This is a total non-issue.

I had a similar dilemma, we found a lovely boys name beginning with J only to realise his initials would be JCB. Couldn’t do it, so he’s now ECB. Man seams ok for initials though.

Yes. Prestigious lorry brand. Not got a problem with that, or JCB come to that.

It's not as bad as my neighbours enitials, n.o.b. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s not something I would worry about. Most people don’t know each other’s middle names, and you never write all of your initials out. It’s a bit of a non-issue spelling out ‘man’ in this modern world anyway.

My pre married initials spelt L A D. Never ever mentioned by anyone ever.

Yes that would bother me. I would add another middle name.

I hadn't realised my daughters initials spell AWK....until someone pointed it out when she was about 8. Doesn't bother me or her.

Much better than my Uncle's initials that spelt F.A.T. And yes, he did change his name at 18 and that was a long time ago.

My initials made a word with my maiden name and married surname, no one else has ever mentioned it to me so I assume they haven't noticed or don't know my middle name. Both words very innocuous though.

I'd go with it.
My brother's initials spell MAD. He's never had any issue or teasing.

Enid Blyton gave one of her chonky characters (Frederick Algernon Trotter) those initials just so she could call him Fatty.

Oh Enid.

No way. I’d add another middle name so the initials are MALN or something else.

Many office jobs use your initials as your login and also refer to you by them in all internal correspondence. So your DD would have documents written about her meetings saying things like “JDW and MAN met the board of CYXZ to discuss…” Also if she wants to search company computers for documents that refer to her, she won’t be able to if her initials spell a common word.

What is it that bothers you? That it's any word or that it's that word? Do you think kids will all know her middle name and call her a man? DS and his mates have no idea what each others middle names are?

Yeah I'd love it. So cool actually. Like Becky 'The Man' Lynch

I think MAN is totally fine. On the other hand, we are expecting a baby boy in a few weeks and my preferred two names spell out RAT :( frustrating as the middle name is a family name and we are set on the first name. Also wouldn’t use ROT. But MAN is fine.