Do you find that initials are very important?

Marielle0430 · May 2010

DH and I are pretty set on a girl name but the initials would, unfortunately, be MAN. I'm 3rd consecutive generation female with an "M" first name and if we have a girl we want an "M" name (Melanie) and we love "Alexa" for a mn because DH's nickname is Alex. Our last name starts with an "N".

What do you think? I don't think about people's initials much but do others?

hotmama82 · May 2010

The only time I pay attention to intitials is if they're negative. Such as ASS. With our DD, her first name starts with a B, and last an S. I wanted her middle name to be mine: Jo, but was not willing to give her the initials BJS (BJ's). I think MAN is fine.

I do know a couple that had they had a boy, would have made the name based around the initials BOB, because Bob was his dads name.

H&W05 · May 2010

I would only care if they spelled something like AS$. Something like MAN wouldn't bother me.

joanithegreat · May 2010

I don't think it is a big deal at all. If the initials were ASS, that would be different, but MAN isn't bad.

sunnyday016 · May 2010

MAN isn't that bad. There are worse.

braveangel2 · May 2010

I actually think those are cool initials. How all three initials looked was low on the list of tests we did for our name. My friend's son has the initials, JAW, and I thought it was kind of cool. Better than AMV anyway. I don't think it's a deal breaker, and being a girl those aren't necessarily the initials she'll end up with as an adult.

Marielle0430 · May 2010

Great! Thanks for the input Smile

skyejo · May 2010

I don't think MAN is too bad, but it would bother me. I'm just weird like that!

krissyh21 · May 2010

If you had something monogrammed it would me MNA so IMO, it is not a big deal.

jorae · May 2010

krissyh21:
If you had something monogrammed it would me MNA so IMO, it is not a big deal.

This is exactly what i was thinking. (and I will admit, I think about what it would look like monogrammed more than I think about what the initials are.)

MAN is not a big deal at all. Pretty name, too.

MassageMomma2010 · May 2010

I checked initials and monograms (where the last initial is in the middle).

Potential DS initials: CLS, monogram: CSL

Potential DD initials: DMS, monogram: DSM

no three letter words for us I don't think MAN is a terrible initial combo. It's likely no one will notice unless it's presented as initials.

PunkyBooster · May 2010

No. Unless they allude to something foul. Like ASS or C.U.N.T.

Marielle0430 · May 2010

krissyh21:
If you had something monogrammed it would me MNA so IMO, it is not a big deal.

Very true...I didn't think about that. Thanks!

LittleDucky · May 2010

I don't think it matters that much. MAN is fine. I have a cousin who her parents changed the spelling of her middle name (changed it from an "a" middle name to an "e" middle name) because otherwise her initials would be JEW (we are Jewish but still, that's a little weird). I guess they didn't want her to have to walk around with a monogrammed backpack that said JEW on it.

The funny thing is my mom, when she got married and took my dad's name, her initials became JEW. So you can never always predict what the initials will end up being!