Do you use your middle initial for business?

[Bernadine]

Should I have mine printed on my business card?  I've never had business cards before.  Should I have it in my email signature?

[wambam]

I do, but only because my boss and closest CW do, so I just followed suit.

[firedancer49]

Nope, I really don't think anyone in my dept does.

[lauralala]

No, I don't. Unless you use it on a regular basis, I think it would be strange to put it on your cards.

[cville]

I do sometimes now that I think about it, but not in my email signature or on my business card.

[Jalapeñomel]

Yes

[luckyval]

For whatever reason, I decided to use my middle initial for my notary seal. So, now I have to remind myself to use that initial whenever I notarize.

Other than that, I don't.

[Deleted]

No, I don't. No one does at my company.

[chedominique]

I have it on my email signature and my business cards. I think everyone does the same thing in my office.

[caitlinbree]

I do. It's in my email signature and on my business cards.

[LeggsBenedict]

I don't, but its in my email address because I have a very common name. I sign emails firstname lastname.

[VeryViolet]

I just paid attention to my business cards and email signature for the first time in forever. I do not use it in either. I have used my full name (first middle last) "officially" on a few things because my middle name is my maiden name and it has helped avoid confusion (i.e. when I was trading in my car that was titled to Violet Maiden Name and buying my car as Violet Last Name).

[speckledfrog]

I did not. MH does, but that started in HS when there was another kid with the same first and last name.

[janegold]

I do.

[BeagleMama]

Yes, I use it everywhere.

[SKP82]

I did.

[Deleted]

Yes to both.

[housewife]

I personally don't but anything that my company prints/sets up has it. I think it makes my name look weird.

[Deleted]

I do, it has been the convention at every firm I have worked at, so I did it without really thinking.

[thedutchgirl]

Apr 1, 2014 9:38:35 GMT -5 elle said:

I do, it has been the convention at every firm I have worked at, so I did it without really thinking.

Same.

And my married name is really generic, so it helps identify me too.

[pantsparty]

No. My name is long enough without adding more letters.

[Sloane]

Yup, there used to be two of us in my industry. There isn't anymore, but it sort of stuck.

[agnes]

I do.

I like it.

(And my name is more common than I realized)

[CrazyLucky]

I had to check. We don't order our own business cards. Mine does have my middle initial because that's how everyone does it. I created my own email signature and there is no middle initial. I don't normally use it unless it's required, but I would if I had a common name.

[roo54]

Yes, being an engineer we put our initials on drawings all the time, so its on my business card/email as well.

[NothingWrongwithOhio]

I have First Middle Last on everything.

However, Middle is my maiden name, I got rid of my boring middle name and kept my last name which I love. So basically it's me being stubborn about still having my maiden name.

[Captain Serious]

I added my maiden name to my middle name, so I ended up with a two-word middle name.  I never write it out except when I have to, but using the initial (both names have the same initial) was my way of holding on to my maiden name.  I believe it was on my business cards, but not much else.

[amberlyrose]

I do, but mostly because people somehow think my name is Amber lee. ugh.

[dragonfly08]

I use my middle initial for pretty much everything, and have always signed my name with it. The only place it doesn't appear is my email address since I just went first initial last name for that.

[lightyears]

everyone knows that the middle initial means business.


(i've always used mine for everything)