Talk to me about word initials ie; SAW, CAT

lhuttlinger

What are your thoughts on initials that make a word? 

My newest favorite girl name is Sutton Eliza and our last name starts with W... so her initials would be SEW. I wouldn't normally give it a second glance, but I love to sew and think it's a little cheesy. your thoughts? 

Mrs.Carlybella

sew wouldn't bother me at all-  other words would  (ass, eww, etc)

mommydale

My initials are now END. So I don't mind them spelling things out and SEW isn't bad.  Now if it were A.S.S., GOD (DH's orginial request for boys name George Oliver D***), APE, etc. Well then I wouldn't do it, but SEW definitely isn't bad. 

ETA:

DH tells me I'm his END.  His END of looking for the right woman, etc. lol.

scoutkate

As long as it's not a word like ASS or BUM or something, I don't think it's a big deal.  Plus I tend to think of initials as how they look as a monogram (first last middle).  Betsy's initials are EEG which is kind of silly but her monogram, EGE, is really pretty.

pinkflipflops44

That wouldn't bother me. I am contemplating if IED is too much for me haha.  I think I am okay with it though.

metzy144

SEW doesn't bother me and my initials were DAM. Nobody every noticed.

pinkness09

if our baby is a girl, her initials will be R.A.N. and i'm totally okay with it!

strangebird

I read an article not that long ago that said that children whose initials spell a negative word (BUM, BAD, SAD, etc.) live three-years less on average than children whose initials do not spell a word.

On the other hand, children whose initials spell a positive word (ACE, GO, WIN, etc.) live five-years longer, on average than children whose initials do not spell a word.

The article and the included study didn't, unfortunately contain any information to children whose initials spell neutral words like sew . . . but, since it's not a negative word, I don't see any reason you should avoid it.

anna7602

They don't bother me unless they spell something obscene (our last name starts with a "K," so I am very conscious of not having initials like ***).

My own initials are ASK and DD's are ACK. In most monogramming, the last name initial is in the middle anyway, so you rarely see it spelling the word itself.

anna7602

The bump edited me! Ha! The example I gave above is that I would never name a child Francisco Ulysses K.....

MrsAngel2008

SEW wouldn't bother me at all... I was SES (maiden name), and now I'm SEE -- kind of funny, since I'm pretty blind without my contacts!

Growing up, my brother latched on to the initials idea and told me I had to find a husband whose last name started with X so I'd be SEX.

 

narabug

My mom was BAM before she got married and she tells me she loved it. I think SEW is cute.

forensicmama

I think that word initials are fine as long as they won't result in a terrible nickname... (e.g. PEE, BUTT, DIK, SUK, POO...)

PinkPearlGirl

I had a friend whose son's initials were XAQ, but he went by "zac." 

ablou

Our last name begins with "G," and before I met DH, my dream little girl name was Frances Adele (after my grandmother, and a name I love love love)... with a "G" last name, that was an immediate no-go.

HannahO28

With my married name my initials spell HO...I have gotten some comments on that, but it isn't a big deal. And HO is bad...but SEW isn't a big deal. Go for it. (it would only be cheesy if it were deliberate)

bandwife928

My husband's initials are WAM and I love it.  I make comic book sounds anytime I see him with his LLBean monogrammed briefcase.  I'd like to use the initials for one of our kids.  I think it's a neat way to not name a kid after my husband but still honor him.

ArcadianDreams

I was born a JAB. Hah! Honestly, the only time I ever noticed was when I would have to enter my initials into an arcade game "hi-score" like at Chuck-E-Cheese...then I thought I was awesome for having a word as my name.

Kristin131

My sister and I were both "KEG". And yes, our parents let me put it on my backpack (in elementary and middle school) and kids would ask if I had any beer. I had no idea what they were talking about. I learned to embrace it as I got older and now I kind of miss it

Oh ya, and totally unintentional, but DS's monogram is "BMW"

grace782

I was born a "JAM" and got married and became "JAR." If we have a girl (someday?), she will be "MAR." I was never a huge fan of JAM growing up, but as an adult, I've kind of let it go.

veganxangel

My initials are JARS and it doesn't bother me. I wouldn't think twice about the initials SEW, if your LN started with an X that would be a different story

pms1

My married initial our P.M.S. so S.E.W. doesn't bother me. I think as long as it isn't anything bad then it is fine. Our newest little ones initial are going to be W.E.S.