https://www.boards.ie/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:13:26 +0000 en names initials — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin' https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056112152/initial-for-irish-names Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:59:14 +0000 Gaeilge (Irish) FEB 2056112152@/discussions I hope i have the right forum for this. I was recently on a stackexchange site and noticed that in several places the people there are suggesting that the initials of John Timothy O'Reilly, for example, are JTO. Here are two threads:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/3259/how-would-you-abbreviate-surnames-starting-with-mc-o-d
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/560/in-the-format-of-a-b-name-which-is-the-given-name-and-which-is-the-family-name

This strikes me as very odd indeed. However, if you were obliged to use a one-letter initial, what would it be?

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