Initials important?

Mulhollem42

Interested in the name Bennett, and my first middle name thought was James, resulting in a BJ initials.  Then I thought about our last name starting with an M and realized BM (bowel movement?)  Does anyone else think this?

We named our daughter Addison Reese- full initials ARM.  This did not deter me from naming her that, but does get in the way of using her full initials on things I might buy on pottery barn kids. 

I really like the name Bennett nn ben, other boy choices are Quinn and Brennan.  Open to suggestions.

firsttimeauntie

I don't think I would choose BJ for initials but I definitely did not make the connection to bowel movement from BM.  would choose a different middle name but I really like Bennett

dmm113

I definitely avoided any B names for this reason. I couldn't get over thinking of it like that or even of some unknown girl in middle school writing "I 'heart' BM" in a notebook somewhere lol.
All this being said, I know quite a few people with these initials and had never thought about it until we were naming our DS1.
Edited: sorry I'm mobile and the bump
ate my heart lol

Clarinet35

FTR, I did think of bowel movement, but only because I used to work in a preschool and wrote "BM" a thousand times a day for that purpose! :]

Unless the initials as a whole spell or infer something bad [i.e. ASSs, SLT, etc.], I say don't worry too much about it.

ETA: FWIW I think Bennett James is a lovely name!

Mulhollem42

dmm113:

I definitely avoided any B names for this reason. I couldn't get over thinking of it like that or even of some unknown girl in middle school writing "I 'heart' BM" in a notebook somewhere lol. All this being said, I know quite a few people with these initials and had never thought about it until we were naming our DS1. Edited: sorry I'm mobile and the bump ate my heart lol

Laughing as I read this.  This is how my mind thinks!  I was thinking of mocking and teasing, but that is just as bad.  I guess it depends on if you have anyone in your life who uses the term bowel movement.  Our cousins were instructed to use this term growing up and to say they had to make a BM if they needed to go.  Our family thought it was funny and I will probably never forget it.  (we were clearly not as refined as them and used other terms

BJM ?  It doesn't look so bad

MommaKrazy

I have a son bennett and his middle name was also going to be James but in the end we decided against it. Go with different initials and god bless

CeCe8579

It doesn't bother me! I think it's a great choice.

queenbone

If James isn't a family name to honor someone I'd pick something else. BM doesn't bother me, but BJ kinda does.

Bennett Paul

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Summer2122

Not a fan of bj but don't mind the bm.
Either choose a different middle name and save James for a future kid or I like the suggestion of James Bennett.

Also your daughters monogram is actually aMr so it shouldn't be an issue! ;

dmm113

BJM doesn't look terrible I actually really like the sound of Bennett James it's a great name! Good luck whatever you decide! :

Cat&S

I love Bennett, and it's one of our top boy choices. I would probably not do BJ initials and BM would give me pause.

That said, DH's name starts with a B and our last name is an S. So he's always has the initials BS and it's never been a problem.

michellejrdh-2

My brothers name is billy Johnson. I don't know what my mom was thinking. She should have named him William. Anyways it was never a big deal. In hs it was actually funny. He played hockey and he was big Johnson or BJ.