# Names that sound like the person's initials **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270 "2017-08-10T18:33:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/1 "2017-08-10T18:33:38Z")
Jael Kacey Teal Essie ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/2 "2017-08-10T21:01:40Z")
Ellen Arte ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/3 "2017-08-11T02:01:25Z")
Abie Bibi Edie Ellie Elsie Evie Gigi Petey ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/4 "2017-08-11T02:52:36Z")
Nate (N8) do numbers count (get it? nuimbers? count? I’ll go away forever now.) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/5 "2017-08-11T02:54:59Z")
Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/6 "2017-08-11T15:34:16Z")
Emily ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/7 "2017-08-11T15:38:58Z")
Arby ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/8 "2017-08-11T15:44:34Z")
Does a single initial count? Bea Dee Em Jay Kaye Zee ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/9 "2017-08-11T16:45:32Z")
Owen ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/10 "2017-08-11T17:43:30Z")
NE1 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/11 "2017-08-11T18:14:00Z")
KT (Sagal) LZ (my late grandfather, spelled Elsie) LX&R (Solzhenitsyn) RV (Dent) NRE (the XIII, I am, I am) (I’ll just join **snfaulkner** under the bleachers for some cheap wine.) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/12 "2017-08-11T18:19:10Z")
Ian (E-N) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/13 "2017-08-11T23:10:42Z")
Casey Emmy ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/14 "2017-08-11T23:18:26Z")
Beth (Second letter of the Hebrew alphabet) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/15 "2017-08-12T01:32:35Z")
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Vijay, as in [Vijay Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Singh). ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/16 "2017-08-12T01:39:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Beth > > (Second letter of the Hebrew alphabet) That reminds me of the famous trio of [Alpher, Bethe, and Gamow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper) whose names happen to sound like the first three letters of the Greek alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/17 "2017-08-12T04:04:01Z")
Ellis = L-S ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/18 "2017-08-12T14:47:51Z")
Étienne (ATN) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/19 "2017-08-12T15:30:37Z")
Hubie (UB) Ariel (three letters, really REL) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-that-sound-like-the-persons-initials/793270/20 "2017-08-13T10:15:27Z")
MNX (What you may have eaten for breakfast)