Long double barreled names

Wdyt of long double barreled names? Like [name]Anastasia[/name]-[name]Jessamine[/name] (for example) instead of shorter names like [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Jane[/name]? [name]Do[/name] you think it is shows uniqueness or indecisiveness?

Honestly, I don’t like them. They seem kind of cutesy and childish to me. Longer double barrel names seem like they should definitely be a seperate first and middle. The only ones I think work are old fashioned, vintage or classic ones, like [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Jane[/name] or [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Jo[/name], but those just look like what naming a boy [name]Jayden[/name] in twenty years will be: dated.

They look most natural in French, I think.

[name]Marie[/name]-[name]Zephyrine[/name]
[name]Angelina[/name]-[name]Clarice[/name]
etc.

I prefer just using two names to hyphenating though. I’d prefer [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] to [name]Elizabeth[/name]-[name]Caroline[/name] for example. I know people say middles don’t get used but if one introduces oneself by it and signs stuff with it, [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] is probably as likely to not get wrecked as just [name]Elizabeth[/name] (which might still find people calling her [name]Beth[/name] or [name]Liz[/name] or whatever).

Double-names aren’t really my style in general, but longer ones seem over the top. It’d make more sense to use two middle names. [name]Anastasia[/name]-[name]Jessamine[/name] seems like a whole lotta name.

I think there would be little chance that she would ever be called by her full name if you gave her something so long. It looks nice written out, and sounds lovely, but people tend to shorten even two-syllable names to just one syllable, so I think people would be too lazy to say something so long all the time. However, I do like the fairly-long name [name]Anna[/name]-[name]Paulina[/name], though I’m sure we’ll never really use it.

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I don’t like double barrel names at all, and long ones are even worse. I know a Marykathryn who only goes by Mer. I don’t think anyone would ever use the full name so what’s the point in giving it? [name]Just[/name] use the second one as a middle.

I don’t usually love double barrel names (though once in a while there will be an exception to that). I think they work best with shorter names or at least one shorter name and one longer one. When you put together two long names it just feels like you couldn’t decide which on you like better.

I know girls called by lengthier double-barreled names ([name]Anna[/name] [name]Mackenzie[/name], [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Louise[/name], etc) and it doesn’t give them any grief. You can make that double-barreled name as extravagant as you want. It isn’t like she won’t be permitted to use a nickname.

I really like a few double-barelled names like [name]Mary[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] and [name]Mary[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], but the longer ones like your example I think do show indecisiveness. It’s kind of the same thing as giving two middles for me- a little showy and unnecessary. But obviously, everything has a exception or two and like southern.maple said, it’s not like nicknames aren’t allowed.

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I don’t mind double-barreled names in french. I live in a french community where it is quite common. I know a [name]Marie[/name]-[name]France[/name], [name]Jean[/name]-[name]Pierre[/name], [name]Jean[/name]-[name]Luc[/name] etc. They usually incorporate biblical names like [name]Marie[/name], [name]Jean[/name], [name]Luc[/name], [name]Paul[/name], [name]Pierre[/name] and etc. I tend to assume that the names are meaningful to the parents, which is great, although not my cup of tea. As a side note most people here with double barreled names shorten them. Jean-Pierres go by JP or Pete, Marie-France goes by either Marie or France.

I do agree that sometimes the double barreled names can come across as somewhat ridiculous. I find it a little too lengthy and extravagant. I hate using the word pretentious, but sometimes I feel like it can be a bit pretentious. Almost as though they feel like their children are soooooo special, they get to have TWO first names, no matter how inconvenient or annoying it is. At least with middle names, no matter how many there are, they don’t get used everyday.

Well, as a preschool teacher, I feel sorry for the kid who has to learn to write [name]Anastasia[/name]-[name]Jessamine[/name] at 3 years old. I also feel sorry for the teacher who has to label all her stuff! Practically, it’s just not realistic to expect people to say all those syllables every single time. I guarantee that kid drops the ‘[name]Jessamine[/name]’ by Elementary School. [name]Mary[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] is the longest I have ever heard that seems somewhat manageable. And even then, people tend to run the names together like ‘[name]Mar[/name]-Car-[name]Line[/name]’ in an effort to get it out faster!

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[name]Seven[/name] syllables is a bit much, but I know a [name]Mary[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] which comes in at six syllables – so not much better – and no one ever has issues saying her full name, and no one ever calls her just [name]Mary[/name]. In traditions where kids are given saint names, it’s quite common to do a double first, typically for very practical reasons.

I think the character of [name]Mary[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] on Once Upon a Time will increase the cultural acceptance of doubles that aren’t just [name]Mary[/name] [name]Beth[/name], [name]Mary[/name] [name]Jane[/name], etc. Also, there’s [name]Anna[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Robb[/name]. Eh, excuse me. AnnaSophia [name]Robb[/name].

I’m in the US South, where doublies are not uncommon at all.

I agree 100%

I think double-barrelled names are a bit silly. When they’re short, to me it’s not that different than using apostrophe’s and dashes in a name O’Keif or L’[name]Shane[/name] or D’[name]Mille[/name].

When they’re long, it just seems so impractical to go by such a ponderous name. Though, I suppose it’s better to do that than to smoosh a name together ([name]Maryjane[/name]). There are just so many lovely names and forcing your kid to tromp around with something that’s 12 letters, includes 2 capitals and a dash—yea, just seems silly.

As far as I’m concerned, just make the middle name the middle name and leave it be.

Double-barreled firsts have been used for centuries and centuries, and for that reason alone, don’t seem comparable to names with grammatically incorrect apostrophes. In fact, some doubles have such a long history, they’ve become a single name in some countries, like [name]Giancarlo[/name] ([name]John[/name] [name]Charles[/name]), Gianfranco, Gianluigi, etc etc. [name]France[/name] has a long history of double firsts, too. The practise also has a very strong religious, specifically Catholic, history, and whilst it’s fine not to like it or not prefer it, to call it silly just because it’s not your style seems unfair.

I guess I’m also flummoxed by this argument that comes up so often on Nameberry, “there are so many lovely names”, usually when deriding a poster’s choice for a name. Obviously, the poster’s found a name that they find lovelier. I think [name]Mary[/name] and [name]Elise[/name] are fine on their own, but not nearly as lovely and pretty as [name]Mary[/name] [name]Elise[/name] altogether.

[name]Just[/name] because it’s not part of your tradition doesn’t mean it’s not very traditional. [name]Even[/name] “normal” middle names are totally random and useless.

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I didn’t say anything about them not being long used. Of course they have been. That doesn’t mean that, to me, a dash in the middle of a name can’t give the same impression as an apostrophe.

[name]Just[/name] because it’s part of your tradition doesn’t mean that should change my personal opinion of the practice.

Calling it silly was my opinion, which is what the poster asked for. She asked if it made her seem indecisive. Since I don’t think that’s always the cause, I stressed that I felt it was ponderous. I could have also called it unnecessary. You’re welcome to your opinion, and I hope you’ll allow me mine.

I specifically said that it’s fine not to like it or prefer it, but “silly” is a bit of an insult. A lot of people here say rude things that they’d never say to anyone in person, but it’s okay because it’s their “opinion”. I certainly don’t like every name or style that comes up, and, of course, I try to express my thoughts when posed with a question, but I can usually manage to do that without being derisive. Obviously, I’m not always successful.

And it’s not part of my personal tradition. You don’t have to like double-barrel names, obviously (as I stated before). You can hate them. But to call them silly seems dismissive of the last 1000 years of naming history, and therefore felt a little callous.

And you wouldn’t call a person callous and insulting in real life for using a word like silly in response to an open-ended question, but this is the internet. Have a nice evening.

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If you love a longer double-barreled name then use it.

My opinion is totally arbitrary and I’m not even sure why I feel this way. I just feel like you can’t smash two random names together and say it’s a full name. I knew a girl called [name]Sherri[/name]-[name]Dawn[/name] and it was a hurdle not to call her [name]Sherri[/name] (which she hated) I think at least half of the double barrel has to be a name common to double barrels or people wil struggle. Like, if the first name is [name]Mary[/name], [name]Anna[/name], etc than you can put whatever you want on the end. Or if the second name is [name]Jo[/name], [name]Beth[/name], [name]Marie[/name] than you can start it with whatever you want. I have been struggling to find something that gives the nickname [name]Lulu[/name] and briefly considered “Something-[name]Lucia[/name]” and it was just too much name.

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