TJ?

[CuppaTeaJanice]

I met a baby in the park yesterday called TJ. The mum was a bit scary so I didn't like to ask, but does anybody know if it is a name (Teejay??) or would it be short for something (Thomas James?)

I think it must be short for something. I've never heard of the name Teejay, although I once saw ESPN on a baby name list so I guess anything's possible.

Having said that I have heard of some people giving their child a middle initial that doesn't actually stand for anything, they just thought it sounded good.

There is an Ajay in my DD's class at school(I always assume was nickname but it isn't!) so it could be a name but could also be initials of 1st names!

There was a oby in DS1's class who swore blind his name was PJ. Then I over heard his mum talking and discovered it was short for Peter James.

I think initiallys are always short for something. Aren't they?

Are you in Nottinghamshire by any chance?

There is a plethora of TJ/BJ (poor bugger) etc in the local Bonny Babe competition in my hometown.

I think, though I could be wrong (and dearly hope I am, for the sake of SensibleNames.com ) that it is just TJ (ie a set of initials, rather than being short for something....) The TJ I saw in the comp had a full (and equally vile) middle name attached to his TJ. (fortunately, one might say, not by a hyphen)

I know one who lives in Luton who is actually Tristan James.

Bucharest - BJ? Really?

I know a TJ - it's short for Terry James (he's from NZ though, if that makes any difference)

I have a TJ, short for Tabitha Jasmine.

our ds is called Ajay, it is a proper name that we found in a baby name book.

we know a TJ but it is intials. his first name is thomas after his dad. no idea what his middle name is.

a lot of people tried to get us to change our minds about using ajay saying why dont we call him andrew john or something instead. but the fact of the matter was we didnt want him to be called andrew john or anything else, we wanted him to be called ajay. his middle name is brandon.

Have just checked (I kept the list) There is a TJ, a Teejay, a BJ, and a PJ (but that's his middle name)

initials

I know a child called KC. Not initials - it is simply ronounced like Kaycee, which is apparently a name in its own right.

I don't mean to always judge names but KC makes me go

Kacie is our name for if we have a girl next. it is pretty common in america for boys and girls. (boys spelling Casey)

I know Casey, so that does seem to be a name in its own right.

Ajay's an Indian name pronounced A-jay not ay-jay. Like Planet Ajay on CBBC and Ajay the engine driver on Postman Pat. BBC seems to like Ajays .

I'm always in favour of giving a child of options for the future so would try and come up with 2 proper names even if you were going to use the initials all the time. Sometimes the option of relative anonymity is a useful thing.

There's loads of nice names beginning with K or C though - Katia Carina, Kathryn Cecily, Katie Charlotte - could still be known as KC.

My ds has the initials TJ. The glare I met the initial suggestions of using it as a nickname with seem to have put a stop to the idea.

One of the names we'd use if we have a DS in the future would be Timothy (after my father who dies last year) James (after DH's best friend who was killed a few years back) and I prefer TJ as a nickname than any of the short versions of the names.

I've seen this a couple of times, like Ceejay David, or Teejay Tom, or whatever, and it would seem it is a name rather than initials.

I know a girl who changed her name officially from Tracy Jane to Teejay!! I don't know what's worse to be honest. If she didn't like her name then why not change it to something completely different. Bizarre.

I know a boy called Thomas James - known as 'TJ' most of the time. His mum I find a bit scary. I usually see them in the park....

it can give them more options to use two names and then the initials as a nickname. but we didnt like any other names we liked Ajay on its own as we do with Kacie.

If he doesnt like Ajay when he grows up it can still be shortened to Jay which is another name in its own right. its no different from people giving names that cant be shortened saying that its not giving the child options. + they wouldnt be known by the initials all the time most schools always call pupils by their official first name, and we wanted him to be called Ajay, nothing else. it is an indian name but it is also a native american name meaning unconquerable.

I have a double barrelled name that was shortened to initials when I went to uni - I'd say its about 50/50 what I'm known as - always the full whack to my parents/dh but friends and some family call me the initials

frankly my name is a horrible mouthful so I don't mind it HOWEVER I always preferred having a proper name and not just initials