[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Berries! I know there have been threads on this topic before, but I couldn’t find any when I searched, so I’m just going to start a new one!
DH and I are expecting our first, and our last name is [name_u]Douglas[/name_u]. I know the obvious no-no initials, (VD, STD) but was hoping for some outside opinions on others to avoid. A lot of our favorite names start with E and L ([name_m]ED[/name_m], LD) which I think are potential problems, but am I just over-thinking this? I’m more concerned with just the first/last name initials as that’s what ends up being known more than middle names. Any input would be super helpful!!
I think your over thinking it. I know you want to find the perfect name and seem to pay attention to the little things (which is great in a future mom”). But I think as long as the initials are not STD or something on those lines whatever name you chose will be great.
Best of [name_m]Luck[/name_m]!!!
I would be a little hesitant to give a name that would lead to initials [name_m]ED[/name_m] or LD. But a middle initial would eliminate the problem in each case.
Of course, when I was in elementary school, everyone referred to the slow class and the kids in it as “the LD” class/kids. Perhaps the schools no longer make such obvious distinctions or children today are not allowed to say such things aloud?
@freya, that’s what I was thinking. “Learning Disabled” I believe is what it stands for. I’m also wary about [name_m]ED[/name_m] for the male issue that goes by that acronym. I’m just worried that most kids are only known by their first/last name, so a middle initial may not make much of a difference. I was JIK before I got married, but I was always called JK as in [name_m]Just[/name_m] Kidding, the ‘I’ made no difference.
By the time your son is old enough for his peers to know “[name_m]ED[/name_m],” he may be mature enough to laugh off any teasing. For a younger child, I’d be more concerned about “LD,” assuming that it still a relevant terminology in schools. Of course, it only takes one kid who’s ahead of the curve to inform all the rest - I remember a kid in about 5th grade whose initials were RRM, and some classmate of hers had a relative who liked to say that walking alone at night would get you “RRM’d.” For years, kids told her that her initials meant raped, robbed, and murdered and called her that.
I’m just going to worry about initials after DH and I are able to decide on a name, that seems to be the biggest issue right now. Our naming styles are SO different I feel it will be a miracle if we can agree on one!
[name_f]My[/name_f] initials are LD (actually, LLD with my middle initial) and no one’s ever thought anything in particular about them, good or bad. To me, [name_m]ED[/name_m] just spells out the common nickname [name_m]Ed[/name_m].
[name_f]My[/name_f] theory is that pretty much every set of initials will spell a bunch of random acronyms, some of which may be undesirable. Most of them are so obscure and/or specific to a certain field or area of interest that it doesn’t matter. I had to look up LD and [name_m]ED[/name_m] to see what you were getting at, so by the time people are old enough to know what it means (if they ever do), they’ll probably be old enough and mature enough not to care.
And I’ve never seen or heard of anyone getting bullied because of their initials. The only person who had trouble with her name was my friend N@zi, not pronounced quite like the word, but in which case I don’t think it should be a name in the first place so I can get why she had issues. She was born in a non-English-speaking country though. (She later changed the spelling to N@azi.)