Hey, its me again. I was just wondering…are hyphenated names still popular?
I know it may seem like a dumb question, but what I am saying is are hyphenated first and middle names still popular picks for babies?
I mean, we all know Mary-Kate [name_m]Olson[/name_m] and the ever so popular name Ann-Marie, but I was brainstorming, and I also like Ruby-Grace and Emma-Jo as hyphenated names as well. Anna-Lee could also be considered, if you can go without thinking of the Family [name_m]Guy[/name_m] episode lmao.
They’ve never really been popular near me but I think people use them frweungly in the UK.
There’s a fairly popular children’s book character called Stand Tall, [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_u]Lou[/name_u] Melon- no hyphen. I have a friend who teaches elementary schoolers reading and she uses it frequently so the double barrel would probably be familiar that way’
It depends on where you live. Where I live hyphenated names have never been a thing with the people that I grew up with. Out of you list I like Marlie-Rose the best
Where I used to live in the UK it went through a stage about 10-15 years ago where nearly every girl in about three year groups at the very small primary school (90 kids so ~22 in a class) had a hyphenated name. Usually some variation of Ellie-Mae, [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]- [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]- [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]- [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_f]Mary[/name_f]- [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]- [name_f]May[/name_f] etc.
Then it suddenly seemed to go out of fashion again and the only other hyphenated name I know in the school now is a boy called Gary-George.
I still have quite a few hyphenated names in my classes in the UK (4 last year out of 28 kids and 3 this year out of 30 kids). Mostly hyphenated with [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], Mai/Mae/May, Rai/Rae/Ray. One of the names on your list is an exact match for a pupil I used to know.
So yes they are used in places. I will say, I give them a choice of what I call them and most of the kids have asked to just go by the first part of their hyphenated name.
they’re fairly popular where i live in england, and i’ve encountered a laila-rose, a poppy-jane, a lily-rae, and an isla-may, off the top of my head. i really like hyphenated names:)
I have always liked hyphenated names! I tend to prefer either the classic ones that everyone knows like Mary-Kate and Sarah-Jane, or ones with unexpected names in the second spot. I’m not the biggest fan of hyphenated names with [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f] or [name_f]Mae[/name_f] at the end because they feel like they’ve been put there just so the name is hyphenated. From your list I really like Billie-Sue!!
They’re honestly not overly common where I live, though I’ve known some people with them (ie Mary-Beth, Mary-Kathryn, Bobbijo). We often write them without the hyphen or as a single combined name where I live though, as in some of my examples.
I actually do enjoy hyphenated names though. Here’s a few I really like:
Sara-Kate
Liv-Marie
Anna-Beth (I do prefer Annabeth)
Anna-Claire
Leda-Ann
Mary-Alice
Kit-Marie
Anna-Rose (I also like Annarose)
Lily-Beth (Lilybeth is also nice)
Anne-Maureen
Lily-Kate
Lily-Jane
Jane-Lily
