After a LOT of back and forth (and someone threatening to use the name if we don’t!) my other half is desperate to call our little girl [name_u]Wren[/name_u].
I do love the name though I’m not 100% sold, in part due to the fact that her first and last initials would be WC!!! What do you think? Am I being silly or will this be one of those “what were they thinking/ your parents were mean” scenarios?
Also, we had previously settled on [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], however we’ve had some very odd faces pulled from about 90% of the folks we’ve told!!
Any and all thoughts definitely more than welcome!
Are you worried because in some countries it is an abbreviation for water closet? If not, I don’t see it. But if that’s it, it’s hardly anything to worry about. I love the name, use it!
I can see your concern, but I don’t think that the “water closet” connotation will be an issue. People aren’t often going to use just her initials, and if you choose to give her a middle name if think that will break up the initials as well. The initials W.C don’t seem intentionally jokey. I love [name_u]Wren[/name_u]. Cute choice!
I don’t even know what W.C means… But even if those were her initials, I really don’t think it’s a big deal at all. It’s not as if her initials spelt ASS or something like that.
I have no idea what WC stands for and if it’s water closet I don’t necessarily see it being a problem. I do prefer [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] but the initials shouldn’t be a reason to not use [name_u]Wren[/name_u].
WC means toilet where I live so yes, I’d see that as pretty unfortunate… however I live in Europe and it appears that most people from the US don’t see this so maybe it won’t be that bad? Still, I’d avoid it.
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is so beautiful as well, maybe you could go for [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] C.?
I think only those who are British will be familiar with WC being a toilet (and WC being stamped on the door of one!), hence why some in this thread don’t see the connection. Anyway, I don’t think this will be an issue. Some Brits may not even use the term WC (I don’t, I just see it on public toilet doors a lot) and I never knew what it ever meant, just that a toilet was a ‘WC’. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t worry about it!
I don’t see this as an issue, but then again I live in the US. Still, most people don’t go by their initials–or if they initial stuff for work etc, they can use 2 or 3–whichever works better. Plus, if you live in Europe, isn’t the monogramming style with the last name initial in the middle (eg w[name_f]Ca[/name_f])? And if you’re in the US it’s definitely not an issue!
The only reason I know what WC means is because I happened to listen to a history CD, but I doubt many people my age would know, and I definitely don’t think the majority of kids in a few years will. I prefer [name_u]Wren[/name_u] to [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], and I think more people would know what AC means than WC.
