A person's initials are a kind of abbreviation, and these are usually followed by full stops: John D. Rockefeller, C. Aubrey Smith, O. J. Simpson. Increasingly, however, there is a tendency to write such initials without full stops: John D Rockefeller, C Aubrey Smith, O J Simpson.

Any initials coming from a name (such as The W. A. Franke College of Business or J. L. Walkup) should have periods and a space between the two initials, just as the two names would have a space. All other acronyms should not have periods or spaces.

Any initials coming from a name (such as The W. A. Franke College of Business or J. L. Walkup) should have periods and a space between the two initials, just as the two names would have a space. All other acronyms should not have periods or spaces.

Initials are the capital letters which begin each word of a name. For example, if your full name is Michael Dennis Stocks, your initials will be M. D. S.

When initializing a name, we must include both the first and last names together. Usually, we don't include a middle name, but if you already include your middle name in your full name, your initials should be three letters long. For example, if your name is Jamal Cruz, and your initials are JC.

There is no rule of the language about this; it's up to you. Generally, one would use in such a case either John Smith or J. Smith (or perhaps just Smith) rather than John S.

How do you write your name with initials? You simply replace the name with the first letter of the name, capitalized and followed by a period. Let me use my name as an example. R. P. M.