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[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Initials. How important are they? I tend to stay away from initials that spell something but lately I've been liking some 'H' names like Heidi and Helen/Helena. The problem is that my last name is Osborne so the initials would be HO lol. I'm sure kids would figure this out and it could lead to teasing :(

Just wondering how common the whole teasing about initials thing is. My initials growing up were AMF (my last name was my mom and dad's last names hyphenated together) No one ever teased me for my initials but there was a bowling alley down the street called AMF Bowling

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[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

I think initials are relatively important... My boyfriend's first and middle names are Brian Scott--BS. Even his high school teacher poked fun of him in high school, lol.

[jazzyaimsaru.livejournal.com]

Wow you wouldn't think first and middle name initials would matter as much. What a rude teacher! I had a professor in college who, on the first day, was calling roll and paused on this really shy boy's name and then asked him, in a very excited voice, if she could share his middle name with the class.

He nodded and she was like "ARAGORN! Isnt that the coolest!" I felt kind of bad for him, wonder how many of his teachers did that haha

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

That teacher had a weird sense of humor... I enjoyed him. :P I'm sure it wasn't meant in bad intentions, and my boyfriend wasn't too embarrassed over it, but I can see how it can be extremely rude to someone who's sensitive.

Wow, she must have been a huge Lord of the Rings fan.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

that's my dad's name :) Brian Scott... i honestly NEVER thought of the "BS" thing haha.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My husband's first and last initials are BS as well but no one has ever made fun of him for it or even made reference to it at all.

To the OP: as long as the initials don't spell ASS or something like that I think it's fine.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My husband's first and last initials are BS but no one has ever made fun of him for it or even made reference to it at all.

To the OP: as long as the initials don't spell ASS or something like that I think it's fine.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Initials aren't that important but care should be taken that they don't spell out something you may not want them to spell out. For example Francis Anne Geller might seem like a normal enough name but the initials pretty clearly spell out FAG. It would be wise to avoid things like that. My mom's initials (as did her sisters and brother since they all had the middle name Ann/Alan) spelled out DAM and I don't think that ever bothered her, though. My sister's spell out MAW which really isn't that bad and I don't think anyone but me notices.

[brunhildevalkyr.livejournal.com]

I considered initials when naming my kids. I didn't want them spelling anything that would get them teased.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I don't think initials are a big deal.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Ours had that, too. Mine were "EW", which was appropriate being that the shorts were horrible, but I'm the only one who ever mentioned it.

[gsi07816.livejournal.com]

Initials are important. Before I married, my initials were BEM. Often teachers would have us only write our first and last initials, so I had to write BM. I was tormented regularly by other children because of my initials. I was grateful to marry and have my initials become BES or BS. That was a huge move up in the world for me. I would imagine that having the initials HO as a child would be as bad, if not worse than having the initials BM.

[traezer.livejournal.com]

Whats bad about BM? Becuase its like the word beam?

[fivepoints.livejournal.com]

bowel movement?

[gsi07816.livejournal.com]

That would be the reason.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

lol

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I don't think things like initials and meanings are important, so I don't think it's a big deal. I mean, I might stay away from "HOG" or "FUK" but other than that, I don't know, I think kids are going to find other things to tease about, no matter what - whether it's name or physical traits or what have you. I don't think teasability should be much of a factor in naming.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

Would the child have a middle name? If so it wouldn't really matter.
But overall I don't think HO is very obvious.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i only think they are important in the cases like: ASS, HOG, PIG, FUC/FUK, SEX, FAG... ones that makes it easy for kids to grab onto & make jokes about. HO isn't bad, because a middle name would be thrown in, like HJO, HMO, HLO... you know?

a girl i went to school with was JMO. when Jennifer Lopez became J.Lo, that girl got called J.Mo, because of her initials.

so, kids will find a way to make anything into a nickname or a way to tease lol.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Ha, a girl at my school was a Jennifer with a last name starting with "Blo", and I started calling her J.Blows. It actually caught on! Then I felt like a jerk. Nicknames stick.

[traezer.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend's initials are BS, he finds it amusing. (He also has a BS degree, which makes it even more funny.)

[trishy-h.livejournal.com]

Kids will make something out of anything, if you're going to be teased about something I suppose there's nothing better or worse than your initials. I have a long list of name combinations and the last thing on my mind is whether they spell out a word or not. I can sort of understand wanting to avoid FUK etc but where do we draw the line? Children are hella creative and can easily turn a perfectly 'normal' name and initial set into something mean. I wouldn't worry about it.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I think it only really matters if the initials for the whole name spell out anything that's even slightly above tame on the offensiveness scale (so no TIT or something like that).

That said, even initials that are harmless when the child is born can come to be offensive later on. For example, my initials are MLF, which was meaningless until the American Pie movies came out. Now, practically everyone that sees my initials for the first time mentions that movie/saying.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

In all honesty I don't think they're that important...
It can be a way for kids to make fun, yes, but then kids will find one anyway.
Personally, I always wished my initals spelt something!

[http://users.livejournal.com/-glass-/]

i've had a few name combinations come out unfortunately. most notably are VAG (violet audrey g-) and HOG (henry oliver g-). Bf's initials are MSG.

I think initials are important for big stuff. I don't think MSG is that bad, but VAG definitely is and HOG to a lesser extent.