Would the initials BRA turn you off a name?

[Anonymous]

I had the same issue--my daughter would have been PMS. We picked a different name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've never noticed anyone's initials. Unless you're buying a bunch of those tacky outfits with ostentatious monograms, I don't think anyone will care.

My kids have ‘tacky ostentatious’ stuff - like their backpacks, soccer jackets, and ll bean duffels, with their initials.

Yes, op, I would avoid a name combination that results in BAR or BRA on their rolling duffle at college.

And I don’t think you know what tacky means. I think you mean pretentious, and I’m fine with that.

This is peak DCUM

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Anonymous wrote:I've never noticed anyone's initials. Unless you're buying a bunch of those tacky outfits with ostentatious monograms, I don't think anyone will care.

My kids have ‘tacky ostentatious’ stuff - like their backpacks, soccer jackets, and ll bean duffels, with their initials.

Yes, op, I would avoid a name combination that results in BAR or BRA on their rolling duffle at college.

And I don’t think you know what tacky means. I think you mean pretentious, and I’m fine with that.

This is peak DCUM

[Anonymous]

Honestly, yes.. My initials are TP and I have dealt with toilet paper kick names by entire life.

[Anonymous]

It would bother me. Sorry!

[Anonymous]

That’s a no for me. I second the suggestion of a 2nd middle name

[Anonymous]

Could you flip the first and middle name and just call kid by the middle name? Then initials would be RBA.

We use initials a lot in my house and have things monogrammed. Both parents are also Southern and this is a cultural thing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't do it. I think there would be a lot of teasing.

How many people's full initials do you know? I don't think I know anyone but my closest friend's middle names.

[Anonymous]

Some of you are way to self conscious and care way too much about what other people thing.

For the person with WTF initials. I probably wouldn't have changed my name, those are the best ever!

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Anonymous wrote:I've never noticed anyone's initials. Unless you're buying a bunch of those tacky outfits with ostentatious monograms, I don't think anyone will care.

My kids have ‘tacky ostentatious’ stuff - like their backpacks, soccer jackets, and ll bean duffels, with their initials.

Yes, op, I would avoid a name combination that results in BAR or BRA on their rolling duffle at college.

Just bc you pay an extra $10 to get their ll bean backpack monogrammed doesn’t make it not tacky. Lol at your college kid with his monogrammed rolling duffle bag.

The rolling duffel is for overnight camp, but yes, they will be using it to haul ski clothes and eventually loading stuff into a college dorm. If they truly care, I’m sure they can cover it.

And I don’t think you know what tacky means. I think you mean pretentious, and I’m fine with that.

Well for someone that wants to be pretentious, you’re doing monograms wrong. It’s First, Last, Middle.
Snob fail.

[Anonymous]

You are all thinking of what this will be like as a child. I work in a professional field, and in my first job, all the attorneys were referred to by their initials. Our email addresses were our initials @ our firm name. In my current position, our employee logins are our first, middle and the first three letters of our last names, and those initials appear on all documents we receive from our employers, and they are the cover sheets for many things that get printed. I would avoid any combination of initials that is a "word", and we also searched our kids' initials to make sure they weren't an acronym for anything problematic as well.

[Anonymous]

Did you know your school aged friends full name and initials? I did not. It doesn't matter and nobody cares. My sister's initials are PMS. Nobody ever said anything, but also only ger BFF knew.

[Anonymous]

We named our child with initials SAT and they’ve only complained a few times. But BRA would stop me. I like the idea of switching the middle and first name.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t unless there are absolutely no other names you like as much. Or id do as someone else suggested and switch the middle and first names but call them by their middle (although this would be annoying for them).

My friend’s initial’s were EAR and she really hated it and it’s not even an embarrassing word or anything. I just think it’s best to avoid spelling any words or recognizable acronyms if possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We named our child with initials SAT and they’ve only complained a few times. But BRA would stop me. I like the idea of switching the middle and first name.

If you switch the names and do a traditional monogram you're right back to where you started though