[noelani2]

When we were waiting to adopt our second son, I knew that I wanted to name him Allan, after my dad! I asked my husband to think of a middle name, but he couldn't think of anything. I thought of a church leader who had recently passed away, whom I had always admired greatly, and decided that his first name, Spencer, would make a nice middle name. I initially said that the new babies name would be Allan Spencer Starr. Then, fortunately, it dawned on me that that would give my son the initials A.S.S! I didn't think my son would want to be calling himself that, whenever he needed to write his initials, so his name became Allan KIMBALL Starr, instead!

On a more serious note, I think it is very important to try to consider how the name you choose will affect the child throughout his/her life.

[lahdh4]

My ex has the initials B.A.D. His mom told me that she did that on purpose. Why? She didn't tell me.

[Gardenia]

I loved the name Paige Elizabeth, but dd's initials would have been P.E.E. We named her Allison Grace instead...we figured A.G.E. was much better than the other choice.

[noelani2]

I knew a lady whose initials ended up being B.A.D. when she got married, but her parents didn't choose that! I hope it didn't give your dh a complex!

P.E.E. would be almost as bad as what I almost named Allan! I can think of quite a few other three letter words that no one would want to have as initials!

[lahdh4]

He always considered it a joke. My initials are boring L.A.H. at one point they were going to be L.A.D. but we are no longer together.

[SchmennaLeigh]

My mother went from B-M to BS. LOL. Poor Mom.

[BrandyHagz]

I really think kids will make fun of anything.

I have no middle name (I didn't know his until I was in my late teens) but a middle name had always been used...

My initials, with the middle name were "BJW" - nothing to harmful about that, right?

Wrong...I will leave you to figure it out on your own

[devildogwife]

Before I was married, my initials were LMP. I learned in nursing school, that stood for last menstrual period. Honestly, I found that very funny. I didn't even know my initials stood for something until I was 20 and it wasn't a big deal. But I have to say, I'm glad my parents didn't consider what my initials would stand for~I loved my name then and I love my married name now.

[mrsred]

At one job I had, we all had to write our three intitials on sales slips. One woman was RAT and another was GAG.
When we were getting ready to finalize adoption of our 10 year old fd we talked about changing her name, she really liked the name Ella, but wasn't so sure about changing her first name, and I liked her middle name as it is the same as my sisters. we came up with the idea of adding Ella after her first name.... till we realized it would make her initials TEMP..... and we were adopting her so that she wouldn't be that!

[noelani2]

That's really sweet, MRSRED! How long have you had your daughter, now?

[mrsred]

noelani, we met our daughter 1/4/06, she moved in 2/17/06 and we finalized her adoption 12/1/06. Yes, this was a fast one. Her tpr was finalized long before we met her. In fact just about everything was done ahead of time because her grandmother was going to adopt her. But after stalling around for over 2 years she said no, she wouldn't. We do still have an open relationship with grandmother, and one of her biological sisters (the one that grandmother did adopt). This is off subject, but i have to tell you... she did want to change her name to Ella Enchanted at first. We ended up not changing her name at all though, and that is fine too.

[Baby_names_expert]

There's an interesting piece on the influence of children's names on Can a name affect your child’s future?

Its great that you caught that combination in time!

[megaphonemo]

When I got married, my initials became MF........ Not nice!!

I sometimes throw in my confirmation name (I don't have a given middle name) just to not be MF.... With it I am MPF. Much better!

[cvalda]

I am hoping my youngest adopted daughter won't have issues with her initials when she is older - they are J.E.W. I realized this when I named her, and even though we're not Jewish, I didn't necessarily see it as a bad thing because I don't think it's bad to be such. So hopefully she agrees when she's older... but I really really really was set on using the names I picked for her (Jessie Eowyn W.) so I took the risk!

;~) Kelly

[BabsCanada]

Reviving this thread because it's so interesting!

First, to Schmenna = I was born 'BS' and married to become 'Bowl.Movement.' = I have always used my middle initial in my signature ... I'm sure your mom endured some teasing cause I know I sure did before I added the middle initial to my monogram!

I ALWAYS consider initials in names, but I didn't really clue into my grandma's until I inherited her monogrammed suitcase after she passed away = 'FAB' which is kind of cool! but I thought then about her maiden name - 'FAT'
Poor grandma!!!

Our nephew and his wife, to whom we are very close, have recently discovered that they are expecting - she shares my compulsiveness about names! Her family has a tradition where the first born girl is given the mother's first name as the middle name. Middle initial would be 'A', last name is 'W'. Limits some name choices.
Lucky nephew was given 'BMW', that's a good set of initials.
I love names. I need to investigate where I can get some input on choices for this baby - nephew's wife and I really kind of like one! but it's a little wild ... I'll get some opinions from all of you once I find the right place to post ...