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I... don't see what the problem with "BJ" is.. *clueless*

Personally, i like BJ as a nickname for a girl.

OH
I think i finally clicked, are you referring to BJ as in blowjob? hah. Well i didn't pick up on that right away.. so i don't know about kids..
Actually when i was a kid, everyone was too embarrassed to even mention the word.
And the only way i even thought of "blowjob" was because i thought "teasing? well obviously it refers to something dirty.."

You got it :) Hehe, we must have been posting at the same time. I'll take it as a good sign that it took you a minute.

I know that I would have been embarassed to mention that as a kid, but I currently work in a middle school, and I'm not so sure that most of my students would be so embarassed to mention that word to another student.

Well.. hmm. I've known quite a few "bj's" over the years.. and i don't recall them ever getting called "blowjob" behind their back. I guess it's a hit or miss thing, you just take your chances.
But the way i see it, kids will make fun of ANYTHING..
and if they try hard enough (which they'll inevitably do), they can make any name "sexual". hah.

Sorry for the ugly link, but http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bj

That's the first thing my husband mentioned when I suggested this name. I'm glad to hear that you didn't think of it immediately, though! :)

They're initials for "blowjob", I believe.

I think it's bad that it's the first two initials. When I was in middle school and everyone found out that originally I was to be named Belinda Jean and go by BJ, they all cracked jokes about it. I suppose it won't be as bad if she's not going by the initials as a name, but I personally would avoid it.

Yeah, thats what i was afraid of. We both REALLY like the names, and they are names from both of our grandmothers, so of course we are really sad about the initials they form...

i'm assuming there's no chance in switching them so it would be JBEH?

While I would LOVE that, my husband keeps refusing. And, actually, I don't think that order flows so well, either.

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Hmmm, maybe there will be entirely different lingo by the time my children are old enough to be teased for that!

Where are you from?

I work with a Bessie Jo, and we call her BJ. Never thought much about it. I don't think her initials would matter that much. I honestly never heard anyone making fun of anyone because of their name in school.

I have a friend in middle school named Bobie Jean N.K. We called her BJ all the time, and she HATED it.

Any chance you could spell the J name with a G?

My initials are BJ, and no one really teased me about it in school. Then again, that was a while ago and I went to a more rural school where people probably wouldn't say that word outloud most of the time. I'd avoid it if possible...it kind of looks strange, and if she ever has a work/school email with her initals, it does look a bit unprofessional.

Nope, its Jane :-/

I hadn't thought about email addresses either. That's a good point, considering my husband is phart@...., which always causes giggling with his colleagues.

The Phart thing made me laugh...sorry!

Hahaha! That made me giggle too...

I think BJ is such a COMMON combo (and not because its dirty) I really don't think it's a big deal. Kids can make fun of anything, so if you love the names, go with it.

I went through all 12 years of schooling with a male BJ [Bradley James] and nobody ever gave it a second thought.

She'd probably get teased, and even her friends might jokingly call her BJ to piss her off, but honestly, what name CAN'T kids tease about? They can find something for everything. I am convinced that single person in the world will get teased about his or her name. :)

Can you switch the order of the two middle names, and make it BEJH? Or is B___ J____ the full first name?

I know a kid named "Benjamin John" and he's always gone by "BJ". It makes me giggle a bit, but really it isn't a big deal.

Go for it.

I don't think it's a big deal.

I didn't realize what the problem was until you mentioned the BJ thing, so I don't think it would be a big deal. When I saw BJEH, I didn't even pick out "BJ" specifically. If you're planning on actually calling her BJ, then that would be kinda weird, but otherwise it's fine.

Hell, kids get teased about everything. I don't think BJ is a big deal.

It's not a big deal. When will she actually write her initials? I've never wuite got why people care so much about them...

She might use first name/middle initial(s)/last name but I've never just used my full initials (although I have used the initials of my first and last name).

I'm sure someone would figure it out at some point, but kids will get teased for SOMETHING no matter what their name is.

Hmm.. I went to school with a BJ (short for William James). He got crapped on about it at first, but he was a tough little kid and pretty much laid out anyone that said it to his face. That teasing didn't last long.

So I guess it depends on how tough your kid it!

Nah, it'd be fine. They can either ignore it or make a joke of it.