Are these horrible initials for a child? Our last name starts with M, can’t change that. And I [name]LOVE[/name] the name [name]Beau[/name] for a boy, but not sure if I can get over the unfortunate initials. Am I over thinking it or should I scratch the name?
I personally don’t feel like it would be a big deal but some people feel strongly about it.
I think it’s more people in the medical field who are more accustomed to seeing it as an acronym.
I’d just give him a cool middle so the focus of any “initial” discussion is positive.
[name]Beau[/name] [name]Atticus[/name] M… would be BAM!
[name]Beau[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] M… would be BOM!
My best friend [name]Brooklyn[/name] grew up with those initials. I only ever remember people laughing once and it was an adult. The kids didn’t get it. By the time kids are old enough to know what a BM stands for they’re too old to really laugh at the initials… If I really loved a B name I honestly wouldn’t let it stop me.
I’m not sure why BM would be an issue, so I’m going to say it’s fine.
My brother’s name is [name]Beau[/name] and his middle is [name]Michael[/name]. I don’t think it has ever really had an impact on him.
My initials are BM and I didn’t even notice there was anything wrong with them until I was in the hospital having my first child and I heard them refer to a BM I didn’t really like it, but its never really bothered me. If it was an issue I’d just make sure to always use all three of my initials.
This is how my parents refered to a bowel movement when I was a child. I knew what you meant right away. I could never give my child those initials. Sorry… 
I have worked in a daycare and with the elderly and this is an acronym that came up ALL the time, I would literally use it on a daily basis with both jobs -if I saw BM initials, I would think “Well, your mom’s not a nurse” and then “that’s very unfortunate…lol…BM…hehe” - because I am immature and laugh at potty humor.
In the end, though, it’s not like it would ruin her life.
They are my sister’s initials (and one of my uncle’s actually) and neither of them have had a problem…
It was used in pre-school/kindergarten where I was growing up, ([name]East[/name] Coast USA) so not an obscure medical term in that sense at all.
That said, they’re my husband’s initials and he’s Australian and he never encountered an issue at all except from Americans.
I don’t see why this should be an issue. There are other initials which are far more embarrassing, so don’t worry about it too much.
BM are my first and middle initials, and BS are my first and last initials which in my opinion is even worse than BM. But, I’ve never had a problem, if anything its something I joke about. If [name]Beau[/name] is your favorite name definitely use it, don’t worry about the initials.
Initials don’t bother me at all, so I’d go for it if you love the name.
I personally wouldn’t be able to do it, but I also wouldn’t think it is THAT bid of a deal, either…it wouldn’t bother me (and I probably wouldn’t even notice) on someone else’s child.
I’m sure years ago most people never even considered initials while naming kids. I think [name]Young[/name] people today seem to look at every option, frontwards and backwords. Also, the internet makes things so much more visible. The initials BM might be an issue during your child’s life. If it were me, I couldn’t use them and instill a burden of that sort.
I think it depends where you live… From what I understand Southern communities tend to use initials a lot more. Where I live on the other hand your hardly ever use someone’s initials, we don’t put them on baby blankets, we don’t use them to label children’s school box etc. so it would hardly ever come up. And my area doesn’t, unfortunately have many medical professionals walking around who would be aware of the acronym. So a child with the initials BM here would most likely not have a problem, while a child in another community might.
I definitely couldn’t do it. My parents even consciously avoided [name]BO[/name] for my little sister.