I Was Looking at Suggestions on How to Spell My Son's Name JD

My son's initials are JD but it stands for Julian David. Most of the time when he was little he was called D. Father's initials are the same but a different first name. I would give him proper names and use the initials when I called him like a nickname. He will thank you later in life.

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I would come up with regular names that start with J and D and have those for his first and middle names and then just call him JD. Don't make up a name like the ones you suggest - imagine going through life like that...how would that look on a college application or resume for a professional job? Call him whatever you want, but give him a legal name that is conventional.

Usually when someone goes by JD or something similar, those letters represent the child's first and last name (D.J. Tanner on Full House and Fuller House is Dana Jo Tanner).

You could name him after your father and call him JD.

Personally, I like to give people actually names and then call them by a nickname. Even if I wanted to call my daughter Nikki, I would name her Nicole. I know some people are just named Nikki (that's what's on their birth certificate), but to me, that sounds like a nickname, so it doesn't belong on a birth certificate.

ETA - I agree with others that JD on a resume looks bad. Johnathon David on a resume looks fine. After he gets hired, he can say, "Please, call me JD. That's what everyone calls me."

I like the idea that you give him a first name starting with J and a middle name with D. That way, he has both names which are fully his and a tribute to his grandfather. You can call him JD as a nickname, and he has the option of conventional names too.

I would keep it simple... JD

The cutesy spellings will just lead to confusion in school. Plus think of a high level professional, grandpa, etc with a name spelled Jaydee or J dee?

Simple is more professional as well. We have a few JD's in our elementary school.

Have you ever read the book Freakonomics - Chapter 6 talks about the socioeconomic patterns of naming children (nominative determinism).

I would never name my child initials since many search fields and functions require 3 letters to proceed - how annoying for your child to have to deal with that his whole life.

I would either give your son your father's full legal name and shorten it as your father did to JD, use the initials JD for your son's middle name and nickname, or come up with some other first/middle combination that will result in the initials JD.

Good luck!

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Use the KISS method - JD.

Keep It Simple Silly.

Don't over do it, don't over think it. Simplicity. JD.

However if that's what you want his LEGAL name to be? That's gonna be tough, I would think...

I think that having only initials as a legal first name will create a lot of problems later in life. People will ask what it stands for (when registering for classes, signing legal forms, etc), and it can cause problems when applying for a license. Or the person will simply have to explain a thousand times over "no, that's my real first name. Just JD. It's not my initials".

J-Dee sounds like a wanna-be rap star's made up name, like Jay Z. The hyphen will create problems later.

Jaydee sounds like a cute kindergarten girl's name.

Give your son a real name, like John David, or something unique like Josiah Dalton, or give him your father's actual name, and you can affectionately refer to him as JD if you wish.

Think about how your son's name will appear later when he's a young man, not just as a tiny new baby.

And congratulations to you!

Whatever you do, my suggestion would be to name them something they will use. If you want you son to be called JD then name him 'JD'. However, if you want him to have options - you could name him after your late father and let him decide - if you're ok with your dad's name. If you're not and you just like the initials, then go with JD. J-Dee or Jaydee has nothing to do with your father's name - so that makes no sense to me (I'd skip those variations entirely).

If it were me (just my two cents worth) - we honored my father by using his name as a middle name. That way, they get their own name - a name we liked (and we didn't have to worry about this stuff) and they we still have the family name being carried down.

Personally - I like the idea of 'JD' as a middle set of initials. You see that a lot (think celebrities).

So it could be Luke JD Smith, for example. I have relatives in my family who did this. When asked, they let people know what their middle initial stands for if they want (if the person cares about the significance). If not they don't elaborate.

My friend's son is named Thomas Junior (after his father) but they've always called him TJ.
Can't you do that, just name your son after your dad? Or at least give him a real name (John David, James Daniel, etc.) rather than a made up name?
Remember, your son will be a man someday, I really don't think he's going to be happy with a name that sounds like a grocery store chain :-(

The initials are just fine and self explanatory.
There's no need to complicate it.

I would name him something like Joshua David or Jeromy Dylan and then call him JD as a nickname. :)

I have a friend who has a child with a name like this. She spells her name out.

Jaydee.