I vote not important. The only time I would think twice is if it spelled ASS or something. Even then, though, monograms are usually first last middle...
I had issues with this because we wanted to use my father's name, which starts with an "I" as a middle name. Everything we came up with spelled some sort of word that we didn't really like! (PIC, DIC, LIC, etc)
I posted about this, as well. Everyone seemed to think as long as the initals didn't spell anything too awful that most people wouldn't even notice.
ETA: We have since moved away from using my father's name as his middle name, and his initials will now be 3 consonants.
I wouldn't buy one of those monogrammed backpacks (a backpack that says BAG is just too much for me!) but otherwise I wouldn't hesitate to go with those initials. My initials were RAD, but very few other people knew my middle name so it wasn't really a thing at all.
I don't think those are a big deal. However, when a friend announced the name of her daughter, the first thing I thought of was her initials are BAD. So people do think about it.
DS's initials are JAP. It really gave me pause for a while and I questioned his name my whole pregnancy(and before since we had names picked out for 2 years) but I love his name so I just went with it. He's not Japanese so I figure it's ok. Anything monogramed would be jPa anyway.
I had a student once and her backpack did have her initials embroidered on the outside-- ARF! Her mom said she was too drugged up after delivery to realize what they had done!
For the majority of the world, initials that spell BAG or BIG will not be an issue!
Post by shellbear09 on Mar 21, 2014 9:42:43 GMT -5
My daughter is Claire too . I don't think initials are really important at all unless its super bad and those aren't. At work I use my first and last initial a lot but I can't think of when I ever use all three.
Post by liveintheville on Mar 21, 2014 10:17:49 GMT -5
The only consideration we had for initials was to follow tradition. Kid 1's initials are the same as H's mom's initials. Other than that we didn't care. And for Kid 2 we didn't care at all.
The only ones I'd actively avoid are ones like ASS or TIT or whatever.
I agree. NBD just because the initials spell a word; what matters to me is whether it's a word other kids will tease them for (because kids do notice these things). A coworker gave her daughter a lovely name, but the initials are HAG. I have a feeling that girl already has her middle-school nickname.
As long as it's not a curse word, I don't worry about the initials.
Signed, BJ
I ended up giving my son BJ for first and middle initials. About a week before his birth I panicked and polled my local board and I think the baby names board on that other site and everyone reassured me it was ok. I got over it and gave him the name anyway because we loved it. So in my opinion BAG is nothing!
Post by AlpineSlide on Mar 21, 2014 11:38:22 GMT -5
my maiden name initials were BAD. It was never a problem. I never has my initials put on anything though, which was also no biggie as personalization/monogram/etc. wasn't as common as it is now.
Post by statlerwaldorf on Mar 21, 2014 11:39:40 GMT -5
I don't think it's important, but DH vetoed one of our names because the initials would be EAR. Although now he wants to reconsider our middle name because he doesn't like the sound of MAR which I don't understand.
Well, I avoided SAK, because of the nutsack/testicle thing, lol. But it was never really like we loooooved an A name, it was just vetoed from the start.
FWIW, those are DHs initials and this has never, ever come up!
I agree that as long as you avoid obscenities, you're fine. DD #1 has a classmate whose initials are ASS and apparently it's a HUGE deal among the 5th grade set.