Contrary to popular belief, I do actually enjoy a good hyphenated name! In 2022 Britain, 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 Louise, 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
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 Ceri is the Welsh variant of Kerry 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 Elle 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