Double barreled masculine and feminine names

I recently heard the name [name_m]Ross[/name_m]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f] and I really liked it. I started thinking about double barreled names with traditionally masculine and feminine parts. What do you think of the idea? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any suggestions for names like this?

Some names I came up with were:
[name_u]Noah[/name_u]-[name_u]Jo[/name_u]
[name_m]Steve[/name_m]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_u]James[/name_u]-[name_f]Ann[/name_f]

Honestly, I think the kid would just get made fun of.
I had a boy in my school whose middle name was [name_f]Marie[/name_f]. He got made fun of every time his name was brought up, and it was only a middle name. And I can’t imagine a girl called, using one of your examples, [name_m]Steve[/name_m], even if it was hyphenated with [name_f]Marie[/name_f].
I’m not against the idea if it’s a middle name, but for a hyphenated first name I can’t get behind it.

I like this idea. Probably not for real life though, but definitely for fun.

Yeah I wouldn’t use it myself but it seems like a fun idea. I think you could probably get away with using [name_u]Noah[/name_u]-[name_u]Jo[/name_u] as we’re seeing [name_u]Noah[/name_u] by itself being used for girls. I think it depends on how the trends shift.

[name_m]Steve[/name_m]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f] and [name_u]James[/name_u]-[name_f]Ann[/name_f] didn’t seem too out there to me as [name_u]Stevie[/name_u] and [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] are already pretty common names for girls. You’d have to commit to using them both together though. I don’t think I’d use either myself but [name_u]Noah[/name_u]-[name_u]Jo[/name_u] really speaks to me.

I know this really doesn’t apply, but I’ve always liked [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u] [name_u]Jo[/name_u] (on a girl). I kind of remembered that when I saw [name_u]Jo[/name_u]. [name_m]Just[/name_m] wanted to maybe throw [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]-[name_u]Jo[/name_u] out there? I know it’s unisex, but…

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ooh yes I like that! It’s a little more on the unisex side but its definitel yin the same vibe I’m going for. I like it.

I think it’s an interesting idea, though not really my cup of tea.

Some names like these are pretty common in certain cultures, mainly for religious reasons e.g. [name_m]Jos[/name_m]é [name_f]Mar[/name_f]ía (Spanish man’s name) or [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_m]Pierre[/name_m] ([name_m]French[/name_m] woman’s name).

This is a regional thing I think and super comon in more rural areas in the US, I personally know a woman named [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]-[name_u]Rae[/name_u]. Female children tend to still get named after male family members and its common to use the masculine name and add a feminine honor name to balance it out. Like how my friend [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]-[name_u]Rae[/name_u] was named for her Grandpa [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] and Grandpa [name_m]Raymond[/name_m].

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I usually don’t like these but I made an exception for [name_u]Evan[/name_u]-[name_f]Joy[/name_f] for a little girl. It’s one of my top girl names :slight_smile:

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Old thread, but I know a MichaelAnn.

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Something like this happens in spanish culture. There are certain double names for boys and girls like this. Girls have María in the first part and a masculine name in the second part, mostly Jesús or José. And for boys, is the same but the other way around. For example, a girl name is María José, but a boy name is José María. Same with María Jesús (girl) and Jesús María (boy).

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