Hyphenated Names - 2021 Girls' Edition 🌷

A few months ago, @EleanorVintage compiled a list of girls’ hyphenated names from the England & Wales data for 1996. With the recent release of the 2021 England & Wales data, I thought it would be interesting to compare the hyphenated names used 25 years later! :nerd_face:

Because hyphenated names have become more common and there were thousands of hyphenated names that were given to babies in 2021, I have just selected the names that were given to 10 or more babies. These have been sorted alphabetically!


A 🍎

Aaliyah-Rose
Ada-Mae & Ada-Rose
Amaya-Rose
Amber-Rose
Amelia-Grace, Amelia-Lily, Amelia-Mae, Amelia-Rae & Amelia-Rose
Ana-Maria
Annie-Rose
Arabella-Rose
Aria-Rae & Aria-Rose
Arla-Rose
Athena-Rose
Aurora-Mae & Aurora-Rose
Autumn-Rose
Ava-Grace, Ava-Leigh, Ava-Louise, Ava-Mae, Ava-Mai, Ava-Marie, Ava-May, Ava-Rae & Ava-Rose
Ayla-Mae & Ayla-Rose

B 🐝

Bella-Mae, Bella-Rae & Bella-Rose
Billie-Jo, Billie-Mae & Billie-Rose
Bonnie-Leigh, Bonnie-Mae, Bonnie-Rae & Bonnie-Rose

C 🌵

Callie-Rose

D 💃

Daisy-Mae, Daisy-Mai, Daisy-May & Daisy-Rae
Darcie-Leigh, Darcie-Mae, Darcie-Rae & Darcie-Rose
Darcy-Mae
Delilah-Grace, Delilah-Rae & Delilah-Rose
Demi-Leigh
Dolcie-Mae
Dolly-Mae & Dolly-Rose

E 🐘

Eden-Rose
Eliza-Rose
Ella-Grace, Ella-Louise, Ella-Mae, Ella-Mai, Ella-Marie, Ella-May, Ella-Rae & Ella-Rose
Ellie-Mae, Ellie-Mai, Ellie-May & Ellie-Rose
Elsie-Mae, Elsie-Mai, Elsie-May, Elsie-Rae & Elsie-Rose
Elyza-Nur
Emilia-Rose
Emily-Rose
Emmie-Rose
Esmae-Rose
Esme-Rose
Eva-Mae, Eva-Maria & Eva-Rose
Evelyn-Grace & Evelyn-Rose
Everleigh-Rose
Evie-Grace, Evie-Leigh, Evie-Mae, Evie-Mai, Evie-May & Evie-Rose

F 🧚‍♀️

Frankie-Mae
Freya-Mae & Freya-Rose

G 🍇

Gracie-Leigh, Gracie-Mae, Gracie-Mai, Gracie-May, Gracie-Rae & Gracie-Rose

H 🦔

Hallie-Mae, Hallie-Rae & Hallie-Rose
Harlow-Rae & Harlow-Rose
Harmony-Rose
Harper-Grace, Harper-Leigh, Harper-Lily, Harper-Mae, Harper-Rae & Harper-Rose

I ⛸

India-Rose
Indie-Rae & Indie-Rose
Isabella-Grace & Isabella-Rose
Isla-Grace, Isla-Mae, Isla-Mai, Isla-May, Isla-Rae & Isla-Rose
Ivy-Grace, Ivy-Leigh, Ivy-Mae, Ivy-Mai, Ivy-May, Ivy-Rae & Ivy-Rose
Iyla-Rose

L 🐞

Lacey-Mae
Lacie-Mae
Layla-Grace, Layla-Mae, Layla-May, Layla-Rae & Layla-Rose
Lexi-Mae, Lexi-Rae & Lexi-Rose
Lilah-Mae, Lilah-Rae & Lilah-Rose
Lillie-Mae, Lillie-May, Lillie-Rae & Lilly-Rose
Lilly-Ann, Lilly-Mae, Lilly-May & Lilly-Rose
Lily-Ann, Lily-Grace, Lily-Mae, Lily-Mai, Lily-May, Lily-Rae & Lily-Rose
Lola-Mae & Lola-Rose
Lottie-Mae, Lottie-May & Lottie-Rose
Luna-Mae, Luna-Rae & Luna-Rose
Lyla-Mae, Lyla-Rae & Lyla-Rose

M 🍁

Maisie-Grace & Maisie-Mae
Marnie-Mae, Marnie-Rae & Marnie-Rose
Mary-Jane
Matilda-Rose
Maya-Rose
Mia-Grace, Mia-Mae & Mia-Rose
Mila-Rose
Millie-Mae, Millie-Rae & Millie-Rose
Mollie-Mae
Molly-Mae
Mya-Rose
Myla-Mae, Myla-Rae & Myla-Rose

N 💅

Nancy-Rae
Nellie-Mae, Nellie-Rae & Nellie-Rose
Nevaeh-Grace, Nevaeh-Mae & Nevaeh-Rose
Nova-Leigh & Nova-Rae
Nyla-Rose
Nylah-Rose

O 🍊

Olivia-Grace, Olivia-Mae, Olivia-May, Olivia-Rae & Olivia-Rose
Orla-Mae & Orla-Rose

P 🌴

Paisley-Rae & Paisley-Rose
Penelope-Rose
Phoebe-Rose
Poppy-Mae, Poppy-Rae & Poppy-Rose

R 🐇

Remi-Mae, Remi-Rae & Remi-Rose
River-Mae, River-Rae & River-Rose
Rosie-Ann, Rosie-Leigh, Rosie-Mae & Rosie-May
Ruby-Leigh, Ruby-Mae, Ruby-May, Ruby-Rae & Ruby-Rose

S ⛵️

Savannah-Rose
Scarlett-Rose
Sienna-Grace, Sienna-Mae, Sienna-Rae & Sienna-Rose
Skyla-Rae & Skyla-Rose
Skylar-Rae & Skylar-Rose
Skyler-Rose
Sofia-Maria & Sofia-Rose
Sophia-Rose
Summer-Rae & Summer-Rose

T 🌷

Thea-Rose

V 🎻

Vienna-Rose
Violet-Rose

W 🍉

Willow-Grace, Willow-Mae, Willow-May & Willow-Rose
Winter-Rose
Wynter-Rose


Which of these were your favourites, and would you consider using any of these for future children? Were you surprised by any of the names on the list? I will also create a boys’ edition, which I think will be quite interesting! :thinking:

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This is such an interesting list!!

I think my favourites are Summer-Rose, Nellie-Mae, Indie-Rae, Frankie-Mae, Emmie-Rose, Ella-Mae and Annie-Rose.

Not sure I’d use any of those personally, though Annie-Rose is an old fave :slight_smile:

Vienna-Rose surprises me because [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] isn’t one I’ve ever encountered irl, and so do all of the [name_u]Remi[/name_u] and [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] combos, purely because they are surprising on the UK list?

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I love Mary-Jane, Maisie-Grace, Lyla-Mae, Darcie-Leigh, Bella-Rae and Ana-Maria!!!

I love a hyphenated name

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I was actually thinking of doing something similar to this haha! I do actually love a hyphenated name but I much prefer those from the 90s data rather then the more recent ones! I think I am just a bit too fed up of [name_f]Mae[/name_f] & [name_f]Grace[/name_f] for endings to be honest! Interestingly though, having looked through all of the names from 2021, [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] as an ending is having a surge of usage so I wonder if we might see some more of our 90s hyphenated name friends coming back in the future!

From the 2021 data however, my favourites are Ava-Louise & Emily-Rose!

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bonnie-mae, callie-rose, dolly-mae, frankie-mae, hallie-mae, india-rose, lottie-rose, marnie-rose, nellie-mae, orla-rose, summer-rae, thea-rose, violet-rose, and willow-grace are my favorites!

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[name_u]Rae[/name_u], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_u]Rae[/name_u], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f] …holy mackerel!

These were so fun to read. I love hyphenated names, and it’s wild that so many were so popular this past year in the UK! They’re so unpopular here in the US, but they’re so lovely.

From this data, I think my faves are Billie-Jo, Maisie-May, Phoebe-Rose, and Amelia-Lily.

I found Nancy-Rae totally surprising. Those names are so stylistically and generational different. What a contrast! But also- how lovely that there are little Nancys toddling about. And I loved seeing Hallie-Mae. That’s my cousin’s name (as an FN and MN combo) and I’ve always thought it lovely.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites:
Amber-Rose
Autumn-Rose
Elsie-May
Frankie-Mae
Ivy-May
Lottie-May
Marnie-Mae (so cute!)
Orla-Rose
Poppy-Mae
River-Rose
River-Mae
Ruby-May
Thea-Rose
Willow-May

ones that surprised me a bit:
Nancy-Rae
Elyza-Nur
Dolcie-Mae
Violet-Rose (too flowery?)

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I’m loving the -Mae endings! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
Daisy-Mae
Bonnie-Mae
Frankie-Mae
Marnie-Mae
Nellie-Mae

India-Rose is also cute!!

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