I’ve been going through the UK top 1000 and thinking - would hyphenating a name like [name_f]Millie[/name_f] and turning it into [name_f]Millie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] make it less cute than just [name_f]Millie[/name_f]? It would provide options for her - and her legal name would be [name_f]Millie[/name_f], but I’m not sure on it.
I don’t think [name_f]Millie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] is less cute than [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. I really dislike hyphenated first names. I mean, why not use [name_f]Rose[/name_f] as the middle? It still gives her options, she could go by her middle if she wanted. Or (and although I like [name_f]Millie[/name_f]), don’t use it as a fn if you don’t like it as the whole name. There are names you could have [name_f]Millie[/name_f] as a nn for. The only one I can think of is [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], but that’s not such a great name [name_f]IMO[/name_f].
I think it would make it more cute. No real explanation for that sorry, that’s just how it feels to me.
Hmm, in that example, [name_f]Rose[/name_f] doesn’t really ground it much, as [name_f]Rose[/name_f] too as a bit of a younger, flowery image. [name_f]Millie[/name_f]-[name_u]Florentine[/name_u] or [name_f]Millie[/name_f]-[name_f]Berenice[/name_f] might make it less cutesy, or [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f].
[name_f]Millie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f] sounds way more cutesy. Too cutesy in my opinion. I like hyphenated names, but putting two very cutesy names together with a hyphen makes it a little too cotton-candy-sweet.
I agree with @bibliophile. If you pick something with more heft than [name_f]Rose[/name_f] it could work. I think [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is lovely though if you are open to that.
With 2 short names the hyphen thing feels a bit [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], or a cartoon version of a hillbilly if you aren’t familiar with that. I’m in the US.