HUGE Problem with initials!!! Help??

duffmaker · May 2011

I really want to name my first son, Samuel Tyler... Samuel for my grandfather and Tyler for my husband... but our last name starts with a D... now ladies if you see where this has gone please help I love this name but would it be torture for my nugget when he got older? I know how cruel tween/teen, even elementary aged kids now a day, can be... but this name has such a wonderful meaning for us, my grandfather means the world to me and my husband carries his father's first name as his middle and we want to keep that pattern alive.

erinms · May 2011

I would switch the name to Tyler Samuel D______.

COMomma81 · May 2011

I'd add a second middle name. Usually I roll my eyes at "OMG...terrible initials" posts because really they aren't and people are totally over-thinking it...but in this case, I think having the initials STD would definitely be something people notice and make fun of. Don't do it.

backinpgh · May 2011

Can you use your grandfather's middle name or last name?

AwBeth · May 2011

Use it anyway. Samuel Tyler D sounds great. Think about all your acquaintances and friends -- how many of them do you know their full initials? That just RARELY comes up. Trust me, as someone who grew up with the initials "BJ" I really don't think it will be a problem. If people want to tease your kid, they will find a way.

Allie30 · May 2011

Most children at school will think your child's initials are "SD." Add a second middle name if you think it's a problem.

iLikeSloths · May 2011

I wouldn't do it. Usually I don't think initials posts are a big deal, but in this case I definitely wouldn't give my child the initials STD.

I know schools and instructors are different, but many instructors in my classes growing up would start the year off by calling out full names to take attendance and ask which name the students preferred to be called. A lot of us knew each other's middle names and initials, so there was plenty of teasing that went on.

The PP also had a good point about her work. At my last job I had the same first and last initial as another employee so I had to sign everything with first, middle, and last. It happens.

Someone is bound to notice and even if they didn't, I think it would still bother your child (or at least it would me).

aswan10 · May 2011

What about Tyler Samuel, but call him Samuel still?

forensicmama · May 2011

mj.reilly:
What about a second middle name?
Maybe a one syllable name?

That's what I would do. In fact, that's one of the things I'm most considering in our name-choosing decision.

aswan10 · May 2011

AwBeth:
Use it anyway. Samuel Tyler D sounds great. Think about all your acquaintances and friends -- how many of them do you know their full initials? That just RARELY comes up. Trust me, as someone who grew up with the initials "BJ" I really don't think it will be a problem. If people want to tease your kid, they will find a way.

A very good point.

TripMomma · May 2011

STD is BAD. I would also go the 2nd middle name route.

LMS05 · May 2011

Definitely wouldn't use STD. I'd switch it and use Tyler Samuel D.

Nel11 · May 2011

I grew up with a girl with these initials... DON'T DO IT. She was teased relentlessly in middle school. Of course, it didn't help that her last name was D*ck.

blu-eyedwife · May 2011

What about saving Samuel for a second child?

rkto · May 2011

aswan10:
What about Tyler Samuel, but call him Samuel still?

agree that you need to change it

I agree with the above idea. I usualy hate when people are called by their middle name, but in this case, you have a good reason

FMIL&MOB · May 2011

Add another middle name and keep the tradition with your DH's name. I agree in an office setting he could be using his initials and forget about engraving anything with STD. I would suggest you do not use Ulysses as then you would have STUD.

MothyrGrimm · May 2011

I don't think it's too big of a deal, most people don't know middle names anyways, ESPECIALLY in school... and particularly guys as well. Plus they're revising all previous research and plan on changing "STD" to "STI" since most are infections and not actual diseases. I'm sure his generation will know it as "STI".

UltrasoundTechMommy · May 2011

AwBeth:

Use it anyway. Samuel Tyler D sounds great. Think about all your acquaintances and friends -- how many of them do you know their full initials? That just RARELY comes up. Trust me, as someone who grew up with the initials "BJ" I really don't think it will be a problem. If people want to tease your kid, they will find a way.

Just hope your child isn't going in the medical field with the initials 'STD.' I was an x-ray tech, now I'm an ultrasound tech. For both jobs we have to put our initials on every study we do. I'm glad my initials are not STD.

zaramarie81 · May 2011

mj.reilly:
What about a second middle name?
Maybe a one syllable name?
ETA:
Samuel James Tyler D__
Samuel Tyler James D__
Samuel Rhys Tyler D__
Samuel Tyler Rhys D__
Samuel John Tyler D__
Samuel Tyler John D__
Samuel Tyler Cole D__
Samuel Tyler Ross D__
Samuel Tyler Paul D__
Samuel Tyler Clark D__
Samuel Lucas Tyler D__
... tons of ideas here.

This!

zaramarie81 · May 2011

Woodsie:
I think it's a pretty huge deal. I wouldn't in a million years give my kid those initials.

At my office, it's policy to use your first, middle and last initials when we sign off on things, in our databases, etc and I can't imagine having to deal with that every day.

And this. It's not uncommon to have to do this for legal paperwork too.

backinpgh · May 2011

Nel11:
I grew up with a girl with these initials... DON'T DO IT. She was teased relentlessly in middle school. Of course, it didn't help that her last name was D*ck.

That is tragic.

angelsnight · May 2011

I don't think it's a huge deal, as someone else said, the acronym for it seems to be changing to STI anyways. Most of the time when people talk initials, they use the first and the last name, not all three and when he is really young I would hope his little friends don't even know what an STD is.

Besides, it's not all bad, in the wedding world an STD is a Save the Date

HeyJune · May 2011

I like the idea of a second middle name. The initials STD would be a major dealbreaker for me.

Many of my husband's things (dress shirts, handkerchiefs, cuff links, toiletry bag, gym bag, backpack, even some of his scrubs) have his initials on them, and mens' monograms are often done in the first, middle, last order with the same size font so it would read STD instead of sDt.

I think you're going to have to drop the tradition to avoid the initials. It's only been done once in your husband's family, and avoiding really bad initials would be worth it.

speckledfrog · May 2011

AwBeth:
Use it anyway. Samuel Tyler D sounds great. Think about all your acquaintances and friends -- how many of them do you know their full initials? That just RARELY comes up. Trust me, as someone who grew up with the initials "BJ" I really don't think it will be a problem. If people want to tease your kid, they will find a way.

I know all of my friend's middle names. I know most of the middle names of the people I work with. I knew all of friend's middle names growing up and, as PP mentioned, on the first day of freshman year our first period teacher called everyone's full name. I distinctly remember one guy with the middle name Lawrence getting teased quite a bit. Could you imagine when they put together the STD connection? Also, I've seen a few work emails that incorporate the employees middle initial. How embarrassing to have everyone you email in a professional capacity associate you with STD.

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