As a teacher for over 30 years, I would like to comment that I always joke about kids with only initials. This is partly the truth, and part tongue-in-cheek. In a joking way, I say that the "initial kids" are usually more disruptive and class clowns because they have no real name, only initials, or that because they only have initials, people say, "Oh, TJ, PJ, JR, CJ, JT, etc., you're so cute." So now they've gotten more attention, and thus become what I call "attention seekers." In a more serious way, in all these years of teaching, I've had only about 5 out of 30 students with initials who were not the "wild" children, so that's where the idea came from. It's also very difficult to deal with made-up spellings of names. While I am all for individualization, don't stick a child with a name that's so unusual, and then also hard to spell. The nickname, if used, should also have a strong full name that can be used as they become adults. Naming a child is a big decision, but of course, if they hate their names, they can always change then themselves later!