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what do you think of having just an initial for MN?

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DH thinks we should use just an initial for a boy's MN, in our case it would be J. His dad's name is Jay and my dad and two brothers all share the MN John.  This way we could honor all of them.  I just think it's a little kooky to have just the initial though...but in all honesty on most forms and whatnot they just ask for a middle initial anyway.  Thoughts?
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  • BrittKavBrittKav member
    I think it's really weird.
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  • And KetchAnd Ketch
    Eh.  I think I'd choose an original J name instead, so he'd have the initial but no one would be slighted.
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  • krissyh21krissyh21 member
    Yeah, it's kooky. 
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  • krogers0905krogers0905
    I can think of some examples of this happening. Unfortunately they come from tv shows. Alex P. Keaton from Family ties and B.J. Hunnicutt from MASH. Their initials didn't mean anything.
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  • *Scuzzlebutt**Scuzzlebutt* member
    No
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  • Doodle2011Doodle2011
    imagekrogers0905:
    I can think of some examples of this happening. Unfortunately they come from tv shows. Alex P. Keaton from Family ties and B.J. Hunnicutt from MASH. Their initials didn't mean anything.
    lol!!  Thanks for the feedback, I am glad my original thought of kooky was correct.  DH is going to lose. 
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
    imageAnd Ketch:
    Eh.  I think I'd choose an original J name instead, so he'd have the initial but no one would be slighted.
    This.  This is actually what many peopel in the Jewish faith do.  They take the first letter of the name of someone they want to honor, but use a different name.
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  • MG7MG7
    While I understand his reasoning I would probably just pick a name that begins with J instead of using an initial.
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  • Ms MollyMs Molly member
    I would just go with Jay and tell the brothers that it honors them as well. 
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    not so much.
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  • joanithegreatjoanithegreat member

    This reminds me of the Simpsons.  Homer is Homer J. Simpson and he never knew what the J stood for,  turns out it stood for Jay. 

    I say just come up with a J name rather than just J

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  • joraejorae

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    NMS and I think if you have a boy he is going to constantly have to explain the only a initial as he gets older.

     

    This. I have a friend who doesn't have a MN and a friend who doesn't have a first name, just an initial and they are always having to explain. 

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  • missezsmith08missezsmith08

    I know a few guys that only have middle initials... my father in law Mac D and my ex Jay B... I think it's ok for boys but not for girls and also nms... but go for it, you DH and DS will understand

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  • swilkerswilker
    I have a friend and her mn is just the letter K.  Her parents couldn't agree on one so that's what they went with.  I think it's no big deal.  Middle names are overrated IMO.
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  • steff13914steff13914
    I wouldn't do it.
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  • gjkhjr01gjkhjr01

    I know a ladie with the middle name "I" because her initial spell her FN and her parents didn't like any "I" names...

    Kim I. M**** K.I.M.

    It was a tradition in their family 

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  • TDFSTDFS

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    I wouldn't do it.

    This! 

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  • tct1219tct1219 member
    imageBrittKav:
    I think it's really weird.
    yep, definitely weird. unless it makes the name punny like richard a. hole, every kid would love that.
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  • CourtneyRDHCourtneyRDH member
    There are a lot of great J boy names. I think the initial is bizarre. 
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  • BabyD22BabyD22
    You could use Jai or Jay. Its a full name & it will have meaning...
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  • HappyMrsKHappyMrsK member

    Yes I don't think anyone will really ever know, so it doesn't matter. My mother only used an inital for my brothers mn.

    In my family it's considered bad luck to name a child after someone living, so instead of giving him my grandfather's name as a mn, she just went with the inital since she didn't like any other names that started with the inital.

    Most of the timeonly the middle name inital is used, if it is used at all, so I really don't see how anyone will know the difference.

    Even on forms, you are usually only asked for a middle inital.

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  • KTH919KTH919
    My two sister and I only have initials for our middle names, so I don't think it's weird at all. No one has ever said to me that they think it's weird either.
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  • Jinsy80Jinsy80 member
    I don't like it at all.
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  • kkwurnkkwurn member

    I also only have the middle initial K and I don't feel slighted or think that it is weird.  I kind of like it.  I defnitely like it better than having a common middle name like Ann or Lynn.  My dad always told me that it stood for Special K when I was little, althought I know it was really after my grandma. 

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  • jennvee77jennvee77
    Simply silly
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