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To avoid initials?

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NHT · 22/03/2026 18:27

Hi all,

My husband and I are dead set on our baby’s name being Freddie (Frederick for birth certificate probably). We’d also want the middle name to be after his brother (Alexander). We’d like the middle name to have meaning to us but neither of our dad’s names would suit. Only problem is, our surname begins with a T.

Adding another middle name to break up the initials would make it very long, and as I said we just don’t have any names we feel really strongly about so it would be adding for the sake of it.

Would really appreciate thoughts as we’ve been set on this name for years but the initials are making me second guess now…

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Duckiewasthefirstniceguy · 24/03/2026 14:33

I cannot imagine caring about this! My initials spell out DIM. It’s come up exactly zero times in my life.

LLM21 · 24/03/2026 15:42

Freddie Xander?

AmIEnough · 27/03/2026 09:26

Maybe have two middle names to avoid the problem?

JustAnotherWhinger · 27/03/2026 09:29

Yeah I was SAD at school - don’t do it to him. Kids are cruel.

Amiacoolorwarmcolour · 27/03/2026 17:38

Absolutely don’t use Alexander as a middle name. Why not just use Frederick without a middle name?

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