https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:52:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388596 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:50:54 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1388596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think HEL is bad at all. I think Helena or Helen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388546 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:32:25 +0000 pui 1388546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Well you didn't specify in what way it could cause problems in your first comment. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388542 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:31:07 +0000 erinpye 1388542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: haha then why ask? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388364 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:44:17 +0000 pui 1388364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: I'm not really worried about that kind of thing anyway. Thanks though. </p> <p>@Torchwood: I think ARS is way less questionable than HEL! I think you have to stretch your brain a bit more to think of arse from that... HEL only needs one extra L and it already sounds like the same word lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388341 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:40:09 +0000 erinpye 1388341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: psychological impact. I wish I could find the source. I believe it was mentioned along with the name-letter effect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388315 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:32:16 +0000 Torchwood 1388315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with those that said HEL isn't bad. I didn't think anything of it when I saw it.</p> <p>I'll probably be making a similar poll at some point. Our current boy name (we're not sold on it yet, but it's all we've found) makes the initials ARS. I don't think anything of it when I first see it, but then I think arse when I look at it to see if I can find any issues. Can't decide if that's enough to be a concern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388244 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:09:17 +0000 pui 1388244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Like what kind of problems? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388241 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:07:55 +0000 Greentea 1388241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: I agree. I am surprised so many people think it is fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388221 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:59:38 +0000 erinpye 1388221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do it. I read something about initials spelling negative words, causing problems for kiddos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1388083 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:18:24 +0000 ValentineMommy 1388083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think HEL is fine and wouldn't think twice about it.</p> <p>I grew up with a girl whose initials were KKK (I am really not kidding).....that would not be ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387820 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:59:17 +0000 cheert16 1387820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My besties initials are RAW. I don't think that are a big deal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387728 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:33:28 +0000 .twist. 1387728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: well, that's unfortunate. I gotta say, I must run into more professional people than that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387670 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:16:44 +0000 MsLipGloss 1387670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: yep, as adults. and it's hard to avoid people in call centers, utilities, credit cards (like wait staff), the list goes on and on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387661 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:14:04 +0000 swedishfish 1387661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's initials were going to be KKK until his parents realized. They changed his first name. Living in elementary school land makes me realize that kids are aware of last names and will make fun of that. They generally don't know each other's middle names. I would still avoid offensive initials though. I don't think HEL is so bad. If you love it do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387595 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:59:25 +0000 LovelyPlum 1387595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Initials are important to me, but I don't think HEL is bad at all. Our last name starts with "S", so the only one we try to avoid is ASS-because that would be bad. Also, jokingly, we said that if this baby were born on April 15 (I'm due April 9), we wouldn't use the initials IRS. But, if we had a name we loved with those initials and baby was born then, it would just be a very funny, pretty awesome coincidence :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387566 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:50:00 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1387566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Initials aren't important, mine were MF (if I just used first and last) :)</p> <p>Wouldn't it be funny if she got married to someone with a K last name and she would go from HEL to HEK lol.</p> <p>Anyway, not a deal breaker. Wouldn't think twice about it. My brother and sister-in-law are having their baby sometime in the next 1-2 weeks (!) and her initials will be ELF ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387564 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:49:13 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1387564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I'd use it personally but it isn't the worst set. My brother is BAA and I'm the only one who teases him about it. At least where I grew up, we didn't know each other's middle names unless stuff was monogrammed. Ex. My bf has MES and we all knew it and would sometimes goof with her about her room being a mess but that isn't awful. Kids will find a way to tease anyhow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387516 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:39:10 +0000 skibobrown 1387516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's fine. If she hates her initials, she can just drop the middle name initial and use first/last for initialing things. Our daughter's initials spell "ASK". We love her name though and didn't want to change our decision, even once we figured out her initials spell a word. My dad teases us about it sometimes, but I'm under the opinion that this is not an issue that will scar her for life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387515 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:39:02 +0000 psw27 1387515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrslipgloss I definitely know kids who got teased for their names as a kid - I was one of them! I had a really tough maiden name that I was constantly teased for. Initials though? No way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387512 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:38:41 +0000 coopsmama 1387512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>HEL doesn't bother me. I agree with a few other posters that it would be children who would immaturely tease about something like that and in most scenarios children will never know each other's initials.</p> <p>I'm amused though because I just realized (because of this post!) that our girl's name initials are MEH, which in many ways I find more bothersome than HEL. Oops. Maybe we'll have to reconsider haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387499 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:35:10 +0000 .twist. 1387499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: as adults? I guess I try to avoid adults like that. As children, I was definitely made fun of, but never for my initials because no one knew them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387457 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:28:38 +0000 MsLipGloss 1387457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: @.twist.: Y'all must not know many people who have been made fun of--literally on a daily basis--for their names/initials. Immature? Absolutely. But that won't stop it from happening. Repeatedly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387422 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:22:45 +0000 sandy 1387422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: you are hilarious!!!</p> <p>I don't think HEL is a bad set of initials. I think a lot of law firms go by initials (like our phone directory, everything we signed off on, things that were circulated around the office, and even how we referenced each other in emails (HEL and I are grabbing lunch). I always wished I had a fun set of initials ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387418 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:22:00 +0000 nana87 1387418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think HEL is terrible, but I also do think initials are important because mine have been used so much in my life. My university uses initials for emails, so it's something I use all the time (I went here for both undergrad and grad school, so so far it's been my email for almost a third of my life!). My parents actually use our full initials all the time--probably bc their first names start with the same letter, so they have to use the full initials to differentiate when writing in shorthand </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387402 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:17:16 +0000 bookwormmama 1387402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think HEL would be fine. I know we tried to avoid B first names because we knew our boy middle names would start with a J (family names). I know a little boy with the initials SOB...I would personally avoid this but the parents knew about it and figured he wouldn't needed to write his middle initial. Apparently a co-worker's daughter was given a lot of grief by a teacher for the initials BS and wouldn't let her write her initials on things. A little extreme IMO but it's something to think about for sure. HEL doesn't make me think of anything negative to be honest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387361 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:08:04 +0000 pinkcupcake 1387361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think HEL is bad (I actually don't think Hell, I think Helen!), but I used my initials a lot professionally so I was very aware when we were picking LO's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387358 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:07:23 +0000 .twist. 1387358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@psw27: exactly this! Anyone in adulthood who makes fun of initials is immature. Any anyone young isn't going to know. </p> <p>They may know first and last but no one growing up knew my middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387339 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:04:22 +0000 Greentea 1387339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely would not use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387274 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:50:14 +0000 tequiero21 1387274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha I voted awful cuz u didn't have the option for just no. I personally would probably pick a different middle name, but if u love the name, I say go for it. If it spelled some thing really weird like sexual or a curse, I'd say definitely not. In this case, depends on how u and your hubby feel. I don't think hel is bad, just wouldn't personally do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-important-are-initials/page/2#post-1387259 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:42:51 +0000 psw27 1387259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a child, I doubt anyone knew my initials. As an adult, if someone made fun of my initials I would have probably just rolled my eyes. </p> <p>That being said, go for it! HEL isn't bad to me. </p>