I’m southern, and we folk love our double names - we don’t even feel the need to hyphenate most of the time, since we feel it’s pretty natural to have 2 names. It’s a nice way to make classic or popular names feel fresh and unique, I think, or to make short names feel more complete. Growing up, I’ve known:
[name]Molly[/name] [name]Grace[/name] (actually 2 or 3 of these)
[name]Allie[/name] [name]Clare[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Roy[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
and my little girl, who isn’t officially a double name, but everyone (and I mean friends, teachers, acquantainces) call her both names about half the time…
Most of these are first/middle name combos who just go by both names.
When I moved to Tennessee a lot of teachers/professors assumed I went by Laura Beth (I just go by Laura), which is a very common double name around here.
I like [name]Dahlia[/name] [name]Rose[/name] and [name]Calla[/name] [name]Rose[/name] as double names. My cousin is named [name]John[/name] [name]Anthony[/name] and I knew a girl in middle school named [name]Briar[/name] [name]Rose[/name].
In the book ‘The girl who could fly’, there are many double names:
[name]Sally[/name] [name]Sue[/name]
[name]Gertie[/name] [name]Gun[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name] [name]Jake[/name]
[name]Beth[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Millie[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Rory[/name] [name]Ray[/name]
[name]Jessie[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Junie[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Billy[/name] [name]Bob[/name]
[name]Lizzie[/name] [name]Lee[/name]
[name]Timmie[/name] [name]Todd[/name]
I’ve been thinking of [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Claire[/name] a lot lately. I think it makes 2 very simple, vintage, slightly overdone names sparkle when you put them together.
My daughter’s name is FN [name]Mary[/name] MN [name]Claire[/name] but a lot of family call her [name]Mary[/name] [name]Claire[/name]. We’ve talked about a [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jane[/name] if we had another girl.
My daughter was nearly [name]Alba[/name] [name]Rose[/name], but we’re in Aus so she would have got nn to [name]Alba[/name] or just [name]Al[/name]… Damn Aussies and there desire to nn everyone and everything!!
I know a [name]Kerry[/name] [name]Ann[/name]. she is [name]Kerry[/name] or Kezza to most people.
[name]Lily[/name] [name]Beth[/name] is definitely my favorite. I also like [name]Ellie[/name] [name]Mae[/name], [name]Winnie[/name] [name]Kate[/name] & [name]Polly[/name] [name]Sue[/name]
I knew a [name]Mary[/name] [name]Katherine[/name], but she always went by [name]Katie[/name]. My mom only says my first and middle name when I’m in trouble with her. lol. I like double names, especially on girls. They sound very fancy and beautiful.
I know quite a few boys with double names:
[name]John[/name] [name]Luke[/name], [name]John[/name] [name]Paul[/name], [name]Robin[/name] [name]Lee[/name], [name]Tommy[/name] [name]James[/name], and [name]Fritz[/name] [name]Samson[/name] (that one is a little nutty but everyone uses both names, go figure). In my circles I can only think of one little girl with a double name, [name]Sara[/name] [name]Jeanne[/name]. We have thought of [name]Mary[/name] [name]Rose[/name] for a daughter, but double names can be hard to maintain because of school databases, etc.
My sister’s name is [name]Aimee[/name] [name]Beth[/name], but she only lets me call her that. [name]Even[/name] my parents aren’t allowed to call her that! She just goes by [name]Aimee[/name].
I only know one other double barrel name, [name]Bonnie[/name]-M@e.
That made me laugh! My daughters name is [name]Elizabeth[/name] and 90% of the time we just call her [name]Elizabeth[/name]. Her nickname when we actually use it is Miss E. People keep asking us why she doesn’t have a “real nickname”, like it’s a crime to not have a nickname if you’re Australian!!
Some I have known/heard on girls:
[name]Anne[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Carol[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Carrie[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Beth[/name] [name]Anne[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jean[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Angela[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Paige[/name]
[name]Ellie[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Betty[/name] [name]Lou[/name]
[name]Betsy[/name] [name]Sue[/name]
Boys:
[name]John[/name] [name]Robert[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]David[/name] also went by JD
[name]John[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] also went by JT
[name]Jean[/name]-[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]-[name]Luc[/name]
[name]James[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] also went by JP and [name]Jimmy[/name]-[name]Pat[/name]
