How bad would initials BJ really be (think I know the answer already!)

[GYoIsReallyHavingABaby]

Hello

Surname starts J

Really like girls name Beatrice, which is also a family name so would really want to use it (should I have a girl!

Full name would be Beatrice Victoria J

• honest opinions please. DH thinks no but is notorious for having dirty mind!

How often rally are kids known by their initials.

It is fine.

Otherwise there would be no Ben Jones or Benedict James or Benjamin Jenkins in the world and I am sure there are some!!

Snigger.
You know you can't.
Beatrice is a great name, but there are just too many dirty minds out there!

I remember a kids programme in the 70s/80's called BJ and The Bear.
But i reckon it'd be a long time before someone twigged. I was in high school before anyine got my initials were TB

Worse than WC, not as bad as VD, and much, much better than KKK!!

I'm having the same dilemma with BNP!

LOL- have just emailed DH to suggest again.... ma expecting barrage of NOOOOOOOO

I wonder if I could get child to always use full intials rather than short form if they ever need to use them.

I use my 3 initials when initialing things rather than the usualtwo- and I dont have weird initials!

Cuppa- have you used that those initials or are you planning to ?

I don't get it...

georgiemum -

I really don't like the nasty minds that sully lovely names.

DH wouldn't consider Pearl because of pearly necklace or Flora because of spreads easily.

It's just stoooopid.

There was a boy I knew growing up called Barry John - found it funnier that someone was called Barry (yuk!) than his initial being BJ.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo! Is that a US thing? I have never heard of it!

My sister was at a christening for a John Thomas. She got scowled at by the vicar.

definately not just a US thing...

John Thomas is lovely name but is slightly unfortunate- but only if you have foul mind!

I must have had a sheltered life!

think I did too til I met DH!

though he just replied to say he likes the name more than he'd worry about the BJ bit!

Good - I like Bea as a nickname.

ooh So do I! Think Bea is lovely. Really excited about the name now!

Now for the boys name..... this is going to be a long road!.....

I avoided a J mn to go with DS B fn, and I regret it now. In retrospect I don't think it would be a problem

My son was nearly a BJ. We had decided on the name and told my Dad who said " Oh so he'll be called BJ" in all innocence.

My DH nearly had a fit as he had a teacher with the initials BJ who got the pi** ripped out of him by the pupils, so we changed the name.

Thankfully my dad cottoned on by himself, but we nearly had to explain to him why BJ would be so bad!!

I really ddin't think it would be a problem, but DH was adamant that it would and we wanted to avoid setting our DS up for potential bullying.

GYo - not using them yet, just for a possible DS2 in the future. The only boys names I like all seem to begin with B!

Hi herbie
Would you pronounce Bea as "Bee"?

BTW, Beatrice was my grandmothers middle name, am so keen to use it since I am walking clone of this grandmother... would be lovely for grandpa who is nearly 99!

ooh definately will use it if its a girl!

Strangely though I've had a feeling its a boy all the way through... but who knows... will see in 7 weeks!!!

Thank for encouragement, was beginning to think I'd never find anything I or we both like!