How much thought did you put into your kid's initials?

[Bini]

Did you take into account what their first, middle, and last name might spell or be read as? You know...like the initials B.U.M or even just B.M (which will always be bowel movement to me lol).

[pam]

I took no consideration at all.

[Guest LiterateParakeet]

My step-father wanted to name my brother so his initials would be TNT.  Rednecks . . .  My mom didn't go for it.

 

For my husband and I, naming each of our kids was a major undertaking.  For each child we chose a family name, and a scripture name.  Our last name is very common, so we tried to give them unusual (but not weird middle names) it's a fine line and often a matter of taste.  So they have a "normal" middle name they can use if they prefer.

 

Oh and they had to be names we agreed on.  For example, I love the name Noah, but my husband doesn't.  He teased me about the name Mormon.  I told him having a whole church nicknamed after him was quite enough. 

 

AFTER all of that...we double checked the initials.  AJN, CPN, VAN, BDN, PIRN (yes my youngest has two middle names....long story).  

[Vort]

All of my children have two middle names. I insisted that their mother's maiden name be their third (second middle) name.

[classylady]

Our last name starts with an S.  I made sure the first two initials were not A and S.  With the third letter being an S, that would not be so great.

[Backroads]

Only enough to avoid anything silly.

I also Googled the planned full name to make sure there weren't any nefarious name shares.

My daughter's first and middle names are very old lady. Which turned up a lot of old ladies in Google.

Edited February 25, 2015 by Backroads

[pam]

 The initials of the name I was given is PJS.

 

I still love pjs.   :)

[Maureen]

I think I thought about the initials. I know that if I would have given my daughter my middle name as her middle name both my kids would have had the same three initials.

 

Someone I know, knew someone who gave her son the initials and name, M T Head. :)

 

M.

[Palerider]

We never gave it any thought .....not very much anyway.

[Guest]

Zero.

 

I named our first-born, my husband named the 2nd.  None of us even thought of how the initials would look like.  Good thing we don't have a last-name that starts with S.

[sxfritz]

My dermatologist gives me a slight scar on my lower back every time I see her. Last time, we joked about it and she said she was carving out her initials. I responded, as long as it isn't "KKK", which matches the name on her med cert. She responded "I don't know what my parents were thinking!"

 

Obviously her name was more important to her parents than the result of the initials. 

[Just_A_Guy]

Only enough to avoid anything silly.

I also Googled the planned full name to make sure there weren't any nefarious name shares.

My daughter's first and middle names are very old lady. Which turned up a lot of old ladies in Google.

Heh. After #4, Just_A_Girl and I realized we had (quite inadvertently) given all of our kids names that also identify major characters in Jane Austen novels. For #5, we figured we'd just keep it going; and we named her Charlotte.

[Bini]

My daughter's middle name is the same as my husband's per my strong request. It rolls so nicely. Our next child, male or female, will have my middle name, which is French and fortunately there is a masculine and feminine version. The initials don't spell or could be read as anything funny.

[Blackmarch]

All of my children have two middle names. I insisted that their mother's maiden name be their third (second middle) name.

I like this.

[Vort]

Heh. After #4, Just_A_Girl and I realized we had (quite inadvertently) given all of our kids names that also identify major characters in Jane Austen novels. For #5, we figured we'd just keep it going; and we named her Charlotte.

 

By sheer coincidence, when naming our first four children, we used names that each started with a letter alternating between Sister Vort's first initial and my first initial. When #5 came, Sister Vort absolutely refused to consider any name that did not start with her first initial, thus continuing the pattern. "He'll feel left out!" she argued. "He'll feel special," I replied. But I lost that one.

[Vort]

Heh. After #4, Just_A_Girl and I realized we had (quite inadvertently) given all of our kids names that also identify major characters in Jane Austen novels. For #5, we figured we'd just keep it going; and we named her Charlotte.

 

So how are Lizzy, Jane, Emma, Elinor, Anne, and of course little Fannie?

[Traveler]

My children were carefully named (through study and fasting and prayer) so that their initials (among other things) spell out a nick name that they can legally use as a standalone name and signature.  I believe names have significances and consequences such that names actually have meaning and are connected to blessings and destiny and are part of the personal family revelation to which we are entitled through our divine covenant of marriage.

 

In short I believe that the naming and blessing of children is a responsibility of parents and a priesthood covenant and the reason that children are given a name and a blessing as a rite of the priesthood and overseen by the keys of the priesthood.  As such that parents are as entitled to inspiration as and part of the revaluation and covenants of the priesthood as specifically endowed in marriage as proscribed by G-d and his holy order of the priesthood. 

[Just_A_Guy]

So how are Lizzy, Jane, Emma, Elinor, Anne, and of course little Fannie?

We have one of those, and two of the others are on the list if we have another girl. :)

[Guest]

My children were carefully named (through study and fasting and prayer) so that their initials (among other things) spell out a nick name that they can legally use as a standalone name and signature.  I believe names have significances and consequences such that names actually have meaning and are connected to blessings and destiny and are part of the personal family revelation to which we are entitled through our divine covenant of marriage.

 

In short I believe that the naming and blessing of children is a responsibility of parents and a priesthood covenant and the reason that children are given a name and a blessing as a rite of the priesthood and overseen by the keys of the priesthood.  As such that parents are as entitled to inspiration as and part of the revaluation and covenants of the priesthood as specifically endowed in marriage as proscribed by G-d and his holy order of the priesthood. 

 

My husband and I were both given another name at the Temple.

[prisonchaplain]

I took no consideration at all.

 

Let's see...JHE, GHE, HHE ... nope, no thought on my end either.  Now that I do look at them, I'm guessing my kids will say, "No harm, no foul."

[prisonchaplain]

All of my children have two middle names. I insisted that their mother's maiden name be their third (second middle) name.

 

I think I one-upped you.  All of my girls have the same middle name--the mom's maiden name.  What's that saying about brilliant minds thinking alike??? 

[Guest]

All of my children have two middle names. I insisted that their mother's maiden name be their third (second middle) name.

 

 

I like this.

 

This is a legal standard in the Philippines.  This gave me such grief when I migrated to the US.

 

Legally, first, you are given your Father's name as your surname, then you are given your mother's name as your middle name, then you are given your Given name (your own name) which can be as many as the number of names your parents give you.

 

Traditionally, you take the father's name as a surname and the mother's name as a middle name.  Then you are given your own name.  If this name is not a Christian name, you get to have a Christian name added to that name.  Then you can have another name if your parents want to honor some relative with your birth - usually a grandparent or a combination of both grandparents' names or the Godparents... So, most of us have 2 or 3 first names in addition to a middle name and a last name.

 

INS was fine with my many names.  But, when I applied for a driver's license in Ohio, they can't have a space in the first name field... so they combined all my names into one megalong name... but then there is a limit to how many letters will fit... so my name got truncated.  This drove me nuts so when I moved to another state, I surrendered my Ohio license and replaced it with another one and used an alias.  But then when I applied for SS, they used my green card but since they can't have that many names either, they only used one of my first names.  Then I got married - so I took my husband's name and changed my DL to that name.  So then all my bank accounts and credits cards and tax forms, etc. are under that DL name which is different from my SS, which is different from my green card.  So then 9/11 happened and the DHS got created and a new law along with it that says... every green card holder cannot hold a DL that has a different name than their green card... so I had to surrender my DL and have it match my green card.  Same problem, name doesn't fit... so they put one name and then initials on the rest.  So... it's still a different name.  But now, nothing matches - my DL doesn't match my green card which doesn't match my SS which doesn't match my credit cards...

 

If you want to know how sells your name to who... I can tell you.  Because, I know if they use such and such a name, the Feds sold them my name... if they used such and such a name, the State govt sold them my name... if they used such and such a name, the bank sold them my name... and so on and so forth...

 

Yep... just another day in the USA.

[Iggy]

My parents were more concerned about what shortened versions of our name could be. Like Krissie for Kristian.

 

Starting with my oldest sib on down the list: GAN, NCN, GEN, AGN, KLN, CDN and then KAN. My SIL's initials now spell AMEN! But no one else in the family have initials that spell anything. Also, our names didn't shorten to anything that was not nice, except for my little brother. When he was 6 he threw a handful of mud-pie at the kid next door for calling him Krissie - that ended that shortening/nick name real quick. 

 

My oldest sister used her initials rather than her name on all official papers AND the phone directory - N.C. When she got phone solicitations, they always asked for Nancy - AND her junk mail was always addressed to Nancy. She would tell the phone solicitors ~ Sorry, no N A N C Y living here, bye, bye.  

[Daybreak79]

I always give it some thought because my mom's married initials happen to be "DAM". But even after thinking it out my daughter still ended up with "RAM".

[pam]

My sister's initials were LDS before she got married.