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A traditional 3 letter monogram is the person's first name initial on the left, the last name initial in the middle & larger, and the middle name initial on the right. If the monogram is for a married woman, it has been traditional to substitute her maiden name initial for her middle name initial on the right.

LARGE SURNAME IN THE MIDDLE For married couples, the surname initial goes in the middle, and the individual's first initials go on either side. The wife's first initial is on the left of the surname initial and the husband's first initial is on the right, as in ladies go first.

Abbreviations should only be used if the organization or term appears two or more times in the text. Spell out the full term at its first mention, indicate its abbreviation in parenthesis and use the abbreviation from then on, with the exception of acronyms that would be familiar to most readers, such as MCC and USAID.

They are commonly called acronyms, but there's a more specific term that's used by linguists and people who like being precise about these things: initialism. Acronyms like 'scuba' ("self-contained underwater breathing apparatus") are pronounceable as words. Initialisms like 'FBI' are not.

Traditionally, a monogram reads First Name Initial, Last Name Initial, Middle Name or Maiden Name Initial. With the Last Name Initial being the larger Middle Initial. For example, if you had the name Kelsie Elizabeth Vogds, her monogram would read KVE.

Monograms are usually placed on the left front of clothing. On shirts, they are placed on the shirt cuffs and collars and on the left forearm. Some jackets have them on the back and even on the lining.

Traditionally, a monogram reads First Name Initial, Last Name Initial, Middle Name or Maiden Name Initial. With the Last Name Initial being the larger Middle Initial. For example, if you had the name Kelsie Elizabeth Vogds, her monogram would read KVE.

First, middle, last; with all initials being the same size is the most traditional style. But a stacked monogram is another nice option, where the first initial is stacked on the middle initial and the last initial is large to the right.