Does anyone see a problem with the initials BJ?

JessAnnJ · July 2012

We like Blake for a boys name and our last name starts with J. My husband has said multiple times that with those initials he would have to be really funny or athletic to avoid being teased. This doesn't seem like a big deal to me. Just curious what others think.

EIHRHM · July 2012

I don't think most people think of initials when you are in school, unless it turned into a nickname. But then again I like the name Mackenzie and our last name starts with a M and I think that MM is off initials to have too.... but I am not crossing the name off the list just for a little reason like that.

StefandTodd · July 2012

I actually knew someone that went by the name BJ in school and it wasn't a big deal, so no I don't think Blake/Brad/Ben Johnson/Jackson/Jefferson is going to get made fun of simply for having the first and last initials BJ.

LoveActually4 · July 2012

i think of blowjob. I'm not gonna lie.

JessAnnJ · July 2012

That's what I have been thinking. I remember BJ being a nickname. Maybe my husband just thinks about BJs too much so this sticks out in his mind as being weird initials.

Buttercup011 · July 2012

I posted the same exact thing on the baby names board and the responses seemed to be similar to most of these - we love the name Brooke for a girl - hopefully we are just over-thinking it :-)

BabyFS · July 2012

Not a big deal at all. I have known several people who went by the nickname BJ (because their first name began with a B and middle name with a J), and no one made fun of them or made lewd comments.

mama2many · July 2012

I think that avoiding ANYTHING that could potentially be turned into a teasing point is always smart - especially when it's attached to their name. Granted, there will be things you don't foresee & can't control, but yep, I'd avoid BJ like the plague.

JenniatONU · July 2012

I'm a teacher, and my maiden name was 'Hammers.'

Bad idea.

My new last name starts with BJ. (J is silent though.)

I would lying if I said I did not hear inappropriate comments from middle school and high school students about my name on a regular basis.

I would honestly avoid it, if I could.

PittPurple · July 2012

mamaREB29:
i think of blowjob. I'm not gonna lie.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I have a name that was easy for people to make fun of - I know they'll find something anyway but it really sucked for a while. I would avoid it if at all possible.

melly918 · July 2012

If it was just for a first name and last name, I would probably be fine with it..like Brooke Johnson. But if it was a first name and middle name, like Brian James, I avoid it like the plague because of the whole blow job thing.

beckib353 · July 2012

EIHRHM:
I don't think most people think of initials when you are in school, unless it turned into a nickname. But then again I like the name Mackenzie and our last name starts with a M and I think that MM is off initials to have too.... but I am not crossing the name off the list just for a little reason like that.

Those are H's initials and he turned out ok

JessAnnJ · July 2012

melly918:
If it was just for a first name and last name, I would probably be fine with it..like Brooke Johnson. But if it was a first name and middle name, like Brian James, I avoid it like the plague because of the whole blow job thing.

It would be Blake Johnson. We haven't talked about middle names yet.

LLK122207 · July 2012

PittPurple:
mamaREB29:
i think of blowjob. I'm not gonna lie.
I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I have a name that was easy for people to make fun of - I know they'll find something anyway but it really sucked for a while. I would avoid it if at all possible.

This.

If you have no real tie to the name Blake then why risk it. You'll feel really bad if your kid gets teased over something you chose. I know I've heard people called BJ but I still wouldn't want to think of blowies when talking to my kid!

mrsgillilan · July 2012

We changed our middle name because of initials....hers would end up being VAG haha I couldn't do it and neither could my husband. That is just us though.

JessParmesan79 · July 2012

I actually know a girl who's name is BJ Dickey. We give her a little grief (a giggle here and there) because of the first and last name together. But I don't think BJ is bad for a boy's nickname. There could be some minor joking when he gets to be high school age, but I don't think it's a big deal.

elisabethb29 · July 2012

PittPurple:

mamaREB29:
i think of blowjob. I'm not gonna lie.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I have a name that was easy for people to make fun of - I know they'll find something anyway but it really sucked for a while. I would avoid it if at all possible.

I agree with these posts. I would avoid it.

peacelove&mama · July 2012

It makes me think of blowjob because I have a dirty mind, but I know people of both sexes with those initials, that have always gone by BJ with no issues.

4legsRbest · July 2012

PittPurple:

mamaREB29:
i think of blowjob. I'm not gonna lie.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this. I have a name that was easy for people to make fun of - I know they'll find something anyway but it really sucked for a while. I would avoid it if at all possible.

Me too. There is a restaurant at our mall called BJ's something or other and DH and I can't drive by without laughing like 15 year olds. Yes, we are so immature.

Heatherhah · July 2012

My brother is 27 and his Initials are BJH and for most of his life he has been BJ it isn't a big deal I mean yeah there may be a few people who say something but not everyone goes right to that if you know what I mean. He is also a junior so it was easier for my mom to call him BJ. As he has gotten old her mainly goes by his name .

LittleFish1 · July 2012

SherBear456:
The new "trend" in schools is that boys tend to be called by their middle names...not sure why or who is starting this trend..but it is kind of annoying working as a teacher. We gets lists with students names and the students all want to go by something different than what is in our computers/lists.

So true!

SherBear456:
My point is that a lot of students are called BJ and seem to like it. I have personally called students by their real names, to only be corrected and asked to call them BJ.

That is where I would draw a line; just like I had a difficult time calling on a student named Dung (such a nice young lady, went with her last name instead). Had a classmate named Richard Horney (he got teased by our biology teacher for his name). College roomamte would laugh at anyone called "CC" because evidently it is the word for poop in Chinese (the noun, not the verb). MIL got made fun of for her last name that sounds like Gold-bra, and her initials BAG; include the middle initial in everything so instead of BJ it's B_J (or use the middle initial towards the nickname. Even my 6th graders started giggling this year whenever the restaurant chain / brew house, BJ's, is mentioned.

Needless to say, there will always be something for the not nice people to tease/make fun of, but we do have some abilities in lessening the potential along the way for our kids & he will also have the ability to lessen it depending upon how he reacts.

Desmarie13 · July 2012

i dont really see it as a problem. kids are mean and those "bj" jokes wont stat until about middle school....

its inevitable that kids are going to make fun of each other... NO ONE gets by without being teased for SOMETHING these days. its just how it is.

as long as you teach your son a good sense of humor and not to take things other people say to heart, he'll be just fine.

minervacullen · July 2012

I don't, but I know DH would. He's obsessed with figuring out ways to tease a name. If he figures out a way, then the name is nixed. Guys will be guys.

o_so_in_love · July 2012

Maybe, if your last name is Johnson...

ShellShockedMama · July 2012

He will probably be teased, my cousin's initials were BJ and they teased him for it. But honestly, kids tease for everything. I was teased for being skinny/a virgin/ a dork/etc.

This is kinda like "pick your poison" if you love the name,use it. If they don't tease for that, they'll find something else.nKids are pretty bastardly in school

sschwege · July 2012

ShellShockedMama:
He will probably be teased, my cousin's initials were BJ and they teased him for it. But honestly, kids tease for everything. I was teased for being skinny/a virgin/ a dork/etc.
This is kinda like "pick your poison" if you love the name,use it. If they don't tease for that, they'll find something else.nKids are pretty bastardly in school

Agreed!

My roommate in college had the initials of BJ if you went by her shortened name which everyone did (Rebecca, but everyone called her Becky). Anyway, we teased her about it, but good-heartedly. She thought it was funny too, no one ever seriously teased her about it at any point in her educational career.

kerribear1717 · July 2012

I knew a lady who purposely went by the nn BJ. That was her first and mn initials. She said she never had a problem.

Wufroggy79 · July 2012

Yes, it is a big deal.

PeonyPumps · July 2012

My DS is a BS. Initially I considered not using the fn (mn was always going to start with a S, it's a family name) but then I realized that barely NO one knows my full name now, so it really doesn't matter. Especially since he is a boy. It's not like he's going to be doodling his name all over his notebooks

esthergreenwood14 · July 2012

I personally don't think it's a big deal and I would be happy to help you start a movement to only refer to them as "hummers" from now on.

JessAnnJ · July 2012

esthergreenwood14:
I personally don't think it's a big deal and I would be happy to help you start a movement to only refer to them as "hummers" from now on.

I like this idea!

JessAnnJ · July 2012

Thanks everyone. It is interesting to read the different opinions. We may have a girl at which point the issue will be moot, but this is a boy name we love. I can't explain why, but it is hard to imagine picking another one. Then the whole initial thing popped into my head and we have been debating the issue. Will most likely stick with the name.

We are lost in terms of girl names.

PS - My middle name is Ann and in junior high I would be teased and guys would say Ann's the man. That doesnt even make sense. I was teased for other things as well. As people have said kids will always find a way to tease other kids.

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