Hyphenated Girls Names - 1996 Edition 🌸

Contrary to popular belief, I do actually enjoy a good hyphenated name! In 2022 [name_u]Britain[/name_u], the playgrounds are populated with Lily-Mae’s, Ivy-Rose’s and Daisy-Grace’s. But I wanted to see how far back our love of the hyphens went. Unfortunately I was only able to access data from as far back as 1996 but it didn’t disappoint! A whopping 289 different hyphenated names were recorded as registered names, with Jamie-Leigh being the most popular for alternative spellings! I have listed all the names below but be warned, it’s a long read! Another fair warning, the names are obviously very reminiscent of the mid-90s so [name_u]Louise[/name_u], Ann/e and Leigh/Lee do feature quite heavily. There are however, some pleasant surprises so I do hope you enjoy! Let me know in the comments your favourites and which you might even consider using :cherry_blossom:

Hyphenated Names listed for 1996

If multiple spellings occur, I have listed them based on the way the name might be pronounced. For example, Ceri-Ann and Kerry-Ann are grouped together because [name_u]Ceri[/name_u] is the Welsh variant of [name_u]Kerry[/name_u] and therefore pronounced the same. Elle-Jane and Ellie-Jane (plus other Elle/Ellie names) are together because I know that some people in the UK pronounced [name_f]Elle[/name_f] as Ellie.The same with Sara/Sarah! Hopefully this explains my system a bit more!

Abbie-Gayle
Abbie-Leigh
Abbie-Louise

Aimee-Leigh / Amy-Lea / Amy-Lee / Amy-Leigh
Aimee-Louise / Ami-Louise / Amie-Louise / Amy-Louise

Alice-Louise

Amber-Jade
Amber-Jane / Amber-Jayne
Amber-Leigh
Amber-Louise
Amber-Rose

Amelia-Jane
Amelia-Rose

Amy-Jade
Amy-Jane / Amy-Jayne
Amy-Jo
Amy-Rose

Ann-Marie / Anne-Marie

Anna-Lee / Anna-Leigh
Anna-Louise
Anna-Maria
Anna-Marie
Anna-May
Anna-Rose

Annie-Mae / Annie-May
Annie-Rose

April-Rose

Ashleigh-Jade
Ashleigh-Louise
Ashleigh-Marie
Ashleigh-Paige

Beth-Anne

Bethany-Anne
Bethany-Jane / Bethany-Jayne
Bethany-Louise
Bethany-Rose

Billie-Jean
Billie-Jo
Billie-Marie
Billie-Rae
Billie-Rose

Bobbi-Jo / Bobbie-Jo
Bobbie-Jade

Carla-Louise

Carol-Ann

Carrie-Ann / Carrie-Anne

Casey-Leigh

Ceri-Ann / Kerri-Ann / Kerrie-Anne / Kerry-Ann / Kerry-Anne

Charley-Ann / Charlie-Ann / Charlie-Anne
Charley-Jo
Charlie-Jade

Charlotte-Anne
Charlotte-Louise
Charlotte-Rose

Chelsea-Ann / Chelsea-Anne
Chelsea-Jade
Chelsea-Lee
Chelsea-Louise
Chelsea-Marie

Chloe-Ann / Chloe-Anne
Chloe-Jayne
Chloe-Louise
Chloe-Marie

Connie-Mae

Courtney-Lee / Courtney-Leigh
Courtney-Louise

Daisy-Mae / Daisy-May

Danni-Leigh

Demi-Lea / Demi-Lee / Demi-Leigh
Demi-Louise
Demi-Marie

Ella-Louise
Ella-Mae
Ella-Marie
Ella-Rose

Elle-Jane / Ellie-Jane
Elle-Louise / Ellie-Louise
Elle-May / Ellie-Mae / Ellie-Mai / Ellie-May / Elly-May
Ellie-Jo
Ellie-Marie
Ellie-Rose

Emily-Ann
Emily-Jane / Emily-Jayne
Emily-Jo
Emily-Louise
Emily-Mae / Emily-May
Emily-Rose

Emma-Jane / Emma-Jayne
Emma-Lee / Emma-Leigh
Emma-Louise

Georgia-Lee / Georgia-Leigh
Georgia-Louise
Georgia-Mae / Georgia-May

Hannah-Jayne
Hannah-Louise
Hannah-Mae / Hannah-May
Hannah-Rose

Hayley-Marie

Hollie-Anne / Holly-Ann / Holly-Anne
Hollie-May
Holly-Jo

India-Rose

Jade-Louise
Jade-Marie

Jaime-Lee / Jaime-Leigh / Jamie-Lea / Jamie-Lee / Jamie-Leigh / Jaymee-Leigh / Jaymie-Leigh
Jamie-Louise

Jenna-Leigh

Jessica-Anne
Jessica-Jane
Jessica-Leigh
Jessica-Louise

Jo-Ann / Jo-Anne
Jo-Anna

Jodie-Lee / Jodie-Leigh

Jordan-Leigh

Julie-Anne

Katie-Ann / Katie-Anne
Katie-Jane / Katy-Jayne
Katie-Lee
Katie-Louise
Katie-Marie
Katie-Rose

Kayleigh-Anne
Kayleigh-Marie

Keeley-Ann

Kelly-Ann / Kelly-Anne
Kelly-Louise
Kelly-Marie

Kerry-Leigh

Kirsty-Jane
Kirsty-Louise
Kirsty-Marie

Laura-Ann / Laura-Anne
Laura-Beth
Laura-Jane / Laura-Jayne
Laura-Jo
Laura-Louise
Laura-May
Laura-Rose

Lauren-Marie
Lauren-Rose

Laurie-Anne

Leah-Jayne
Leah-Marie

Lee-Anne / Leigh-Ann / Leigh-Anne

Lesley-Anne

Lily-Ann / Lily-Anne
Lily-Mae / Lily-May
Lily-Rose

Lisa-Marie

Lorna-Jean

Lucy-Ann / Lucy-Anne
Lucy-Anna
Lucy-Ellen
Lucy-Jane / Lucy-Jayne
Lucy-May

Mari-Anne / Mary-Ann / Mary-Anne

Marie-Claire

Mary-Beth
Mary-Jane
Mary-Kate

Megan-Louise
Megan-Rose

Mollie-Ann / Molly-Ann / Molly-Anne
Mollie-Rose / Molly-Rose
Molly-Jo
Molly-Mae / Molly-Mae

Paige-Louise
Paige-Marie

Rae-Anne

Rebecca-Louise
Rebecca-May

Remi-Mae

Rose-Marie

Rosie-Anne
Rosie-May

Ruby-Mae

Sally-Ann / Sally-Anne

Samantha-Jayne
Samantha-Jo

Sammy-Jo

Sara-Louise / Sarah-Louise
Sara-Jayne / Sarah-Jane / Sarah-Jayne

Sarah-Ann / Sarah-Anne
Sarah-Beth

Sasha-Louise

Shannon-Leigh
Shannon-Louise
Shannon-Marie
Shannon-Paige

Shauna-Leigh

Sian-Louise

Sophie-Ann / Sophie-Anne
Sophie-Jane
Sophie-Leigh
Sophie-Louise
Sophie-Marie
Sophie-May

Stacey-Leigh

Stevie-Lee / Stevie-Leigh
Stevie-Louise

Summer-Louise

Tara-Leigh

Taylor-Anne

Teri-Ann / Terri-Ann / Terri-Anne
Terri-Lee / Terri-Leigh

Toni-Louise
Toni-Marie

Tyler-Marie

Zara-Louise

Zoe-Ann
Zoe-Louise
Zoe-Marie

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Annie-Rose :heart_eyes:

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Summer-Louise and Zara-Louise were such beautiful surprises!

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I love hyphenated names!

Amber-Jane has a nice sound, but I prefer it spelled Ember-Jane.

Charlie-Anne

Hannah-May

India-Rose

Keely-Ann

Lucy-Ellen

Sophie-Marie

These are my favorites from the list. However, I tend to be more… creative with my own combos :rofl:

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my favorites:
daisy-mae
georgia-mae
hollie-anne
india-rose
lucy-jane
paige-louise
ruby-mae

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I looove a hyphenated name! Always so spunky and interesting. And what a way to use all the lovely names one adores… These are so cool, [name_u]Jo[/name_u]. :heart_eyes::smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Oh, I love that you’ve made this list!! Thank you!

Favorites I’m adding to the old hyphenated love list are…
Alice-Louise
Amy-Jo (March sister vibes off the charts! And I’m digging it. Never too much… would Louisa-May work as a double name? :wink:)
Anna-Rose
Emily-Jane
Georgia-Louise
Mary-Kate (Such a sweet classic.)
Sarah-Jane
Sarah-Beth

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are…
Amber-Jade
Amelia-Rose
April-Rose
Ashleigh-Jade
Chloe-Marie
Courtney-Lee
Marie-Claire
Rae-Ann

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Anna-May!

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I was surprised to see a lot of names, such as: Ashleigh-Paige, Carla-Louise, Elle-Jane, India-Rose, Jenna-Leigh, Jo-Anna, Julie-Anne, Kirsty-Jane, Laura-Beth, Lesley-Anne, Lorna-Jean, Lucy-Ellen, Mari-Anne, Rae-Anne, Remi-Mae, Sally-Ann, Stacey-Leigh, Teri-Ann & Tyler-Marie. Some of them (e.g. Lesley-Anne) seem quite outdated for the 90s, whereas others (e.g. Remi-Mae) combine some relatively uncommon names!

I find hyphenated names like Abbie-Gayle, Emma-Leigh & Jo-Anna quite interesting :thinking: not my style but I sort of understand the appeal!

if I was to name a daughter using one of these hyphenated names, I would consider Alice-Louise, Rose-Marie, Sophie-Jane or Sophie-May :two_hearts:

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I’d be really interested to see them in order of popularity!

I know a Jamie-Lee. It flows well but it is so [name_u]Jamie[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] [name_u]Curtis[/name_u] that I wouldn’t have picked it (I mean she is probably super nice I just dislike names strongly associated with celebs).

Marie-Claire is very stylish.

I also always loved Mary-Ann.

Lucy-Ann (or Anne) was a character in an [name_f]Enid[/name_f] Blyton book and series.

Lorna-Jean is cool and retro. I like Lily-Rose but it is also too celeb.

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Amber-Jade
India-Rose

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Mary-Jane my beloved :black_heart: others I loved…

Summer-Louise
Lily-Rose (love the Lily-Rose Depp association)
Georgia-May

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