How important are initials?

beeryce

Obviously they need to be considered, but do they make or break it?  I finally decided on a name that DH and I like, but his initials would be T.A.B.  Do you think this is going to be an issue throughout his life?  TIA

Becky262

TAB isn't that bad, I doubt anyone will notice.

mfransdell

How is T.A.B. bad?

mrsekins

TAB is fine.  Now if the initials are A.S.S or A.P.E. or something like that, I would definitely reconsider the name.  Unless the initials are offensive, who cares if they spell out an actual word?

LMS05

mfransdell:

How is T.A.B. bad?

Ditto. I could care less about initials. I don't see why people make such a big deal about them.

kbryan03

name flow is more important than initials.  my DS's initials are EAT, and nobody (except his Nonnie) has ever made it a big deal (which suprised me considering he was a fat baby)

CHI-06

Becky262:

TAB isn't that bad, I doubt anyone will notice.

ditto...no big deal

Ivana_Stolichnaya

I could care less about initials.  Especially when inculding the middle initial.  When you're initializing important documents, you don't have to use all three...so when would you ever really see all three letters together?

My dad's initials are F.O.G. and no one ever says anything.  If anyone ever made an issue, then I think they are reading too much into the name and should find something else to take up their time.

Soon2BMrsN

TAB is not bad.  Other initials could be a lot worse.

carolinag

tab is fine. if it was like pms i'd say no, but i don't think that tab is weird.

jessawakawaii

Only important if they spell or represent something negative. For example, if we have a son I want to use my dad's name as a middle name, so the baby would be ___ Kenneth K*****. So Keith or Kent are out because I definitely do NOT want my child having the initials KKK.

beeryce

Thanks ladies!  I thought about it at first, but didn't think it was a big deal.  So what, it spells TAB, who cares.  When I told DH (he picked first, I got to pick MN), the first thing he said was "THen his initials spell TAB".  So, of course then I starting getting paranoid that everyone would think of that first off.  Now I can rest assured that it's not a big deal and that we finally have a name!

Kelly Madonna

My DD is ARM. I'm hoping she'll get a giggle out of it, not worried at all.

C12H22O11

My maiden name initials were L.A.B, which only became funny once I got into college and majored in chemistry.

TAB = no big deal.  Unless your kid eventually goes on to work for a major producer of soda cans.  Then it would just be ironic.

ilenegrace

Initials are extremely important to my dh only because all the men in his family have the same initials MEB, so its imparitive that if we have a boy his are too. Otherwise I don't think unless there is a tradition behind it that they are important.

Bejebus

As long as it doesn't spell a dirty word, no one will notice or care until he's married, and that's only if they decide to plaster initals all over everything. 

I didn't realize until DS was almost born that he will be nicknamed TJ later in life... that's how much attention I was paying to initals!  : )

shanwalk2

My husband's initals are EGO.

so ironic, and funny.  I get a good laugh out of it - and I probably won't do it to our son, but really, me and his family are probably the only people that noticed.

LMS05

ilenegrace:

Initials are extremely important to my dh only because all the men in his family have the same initials MEB, so its imparitive that if we have a boy his are too. Otherwise I don't think unless there is a tradition behind it that they are important.

Are you okay with this? This would really upset me because I don't love any M names. ?

Poplin2007

mrsekins:

TAB is fine.  Now if the initials are A.S.S or A.P.E. or something like that, I would definitely reconsider the name.  Unless the initials are offensive, who cares if they spell out an actual word?

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Ali-B

Nobody cares.  People will make what they want out of it regardless.  Mine is ABC and nobody ever said anything about it. 

Temp950106187509203

Ditto everyone else.  Unless the initials are S.T.D., A.S.S., T.I.T., or some such, I wouldn't give it another thought.  T.A.B. is not a big deal at all.  As a kid, I always thought it was neat when people's initials were words -- two of my childhood bffs were J.A.B. and A.R.M.

Keep in mind that monograms will normally look like tBa, and it becomes even more of a non-issue.

SoonToBeCherget

I think TAB is cute, its nothing offensive and he may even think its cool that his intials spell out something.. I grew up calling my best friend Julie "JAM", she still thinks its funny.

bwm2bmw

rosenjoe:

Unless the initials are S.T.D., A.S.S., T.I.T., or some such, I wouldn't give it another thought.  T.A.B. is not a big deal at all. 

Ditto. I've been in love with the name Evelyn which would make our daughter E.W. and is giving me serious second thoughts. Everyone says "it doesn't matter as long as it's a good middle name" except I disagree. Kids are so mean that I can picture playground taunting like "Ewwwww here comes evelyn!" In my case I think the initials matter but in your case not so much, I can't think of anything related to TAB except the old soda which our kids' generation will likely have never even heard of

mrsc720

That is fine. As long as its not A.S.S. or S .T.D. I wouldn't worry too much.