# List the people you personally know (or have known) who go by two initials rather than a first name
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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 18, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442 "2017-01-18T02:01:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/1 "2017-01-18T02:01:07Z")
I’ve been thinking about folks I know who use two initials as their name.
Please list the gender as well as the initials.
I know:
Female:
CJ
Male:
JC
JJ
TJ
Interesting that each has a J.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/2 "2017-01-18T02:23:09Z")
Male:
AC
JC
JC Junior (son of JC)
GJ
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### Author:  [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/3 "2017-01-18T02:27:32Z")
There is an Indian dude I’ve been working with for 2 years thinking his name was Vijay, and only found out a month ago was actually V.J. when his wife was at a holiday party and called him by his first name.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/4 "2017-01-18T02:31:44Z")
Male: BJ (actually, I know two of these)
CJ (but he also goes by his first name commonly)
Female: CE
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/5 "2017-01-18T04:18:14Z")
I have two friends-of friends (who are the same age, work at the same place, and who I met around the same time) whose wives are CJ and CK. Hard to come up with the right initials when I run into one at a party.
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### Author:  [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/6 "2017-01-18T05:04:57Z")
I used to work for a software manager who called himself JB. Bastard.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/7 "2017-01-18T05:06:57Z")
CJ (actually the first two letters of his name, Cjuneyt; most people couldn’t pronounce it)
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/8 "2017-01-18T05:29:59Z")
Male:
JC
JT
Female
BJ
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### Author:  [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/9 "2017-01-18T05:31:59Z")
Male
AJ
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### Author:  [@48Willys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/48Willys)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/10 "2017-01-18T05:47:30Z")
Male
J.Q. That is his given name on his birth certificate. His parents could not agree on a name. So they just gave him some random letters that he could use to pick his own name when he chose to. He liked the Idea of having such a unique name that he never chose any other name. He must be around 99 years old by now.
I have a friend we call KC his name is actually Kevin C. Jones. No middle name, just the C.
I know a girl that goes by L.L. None of her names start with L.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/11 "2017-01-18T06:51:52Z")
Female: KD
Male: JZ
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/12 "2017-01-18T07:24:09Z")
I don’t know any that go exclusively by their initials. I know a couple who people use their initials as nicknames but are just as likely to call them by their first name.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/13 "2017-01-18T07:25:28Z")
Male
* * *
JD
HB
AJ
Female
* * *
I have been trying for years to get my friends to call me “PM,” but it’s never worked
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/14 "2017-01-18T08:43:48Z")
Male: CT. Interesting enough, his parents called him CT, I don’t even know his real name.
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### Author:  [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/15 "2017-01-18T11:05:52Z")
Jp
jb
jk
rj
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/16 "2017-01-18T11:28:35Z")
Daughter’s boyfriend - he is a junior and I understand he and his dad haven’t been on good terms for years, so he goes by his initials.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/17 "2017-01-18T11:46:38Z")
My grandson is called by his initials. I worry he’ll want to go by his first name when he’s older and this old grandma will have a tough time making the transition.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/18 "2017-01-18T12:34:33Z")
I’m frequently called “JT” and I commonly sign emails with those initials.
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/19 "2017-01-18T13:13:46Z")
males: JB and an AC
Noticing a trend towards J so far
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442/20 "2017-01-18T13:23:52Z")
I used to know a JT, short for John Thomas. He hated his full name, would ask “Do I look like a dick?” I could never answer that.
I go by the initials in my first name or by slurring them. Only clients and my mom call me by my first name.
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