Thoughts on "Mary Jane" spelling?

The name [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] was recently suggested to me. I love the nicknames MJ and [name_f]Janie[/name_f], and I like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] itself. The weed association doesn’t bother me, and I like the song and the connection to Spider-[name_m]Man[/name_m]. I’m kind of starting to fall in love!

HOWEVER, I’m really torn on how to spell it. I think of it as one name altogether, but [name_f]Maryjane[/name_f] somehow looks wrong, and I am generally opposed to hyphens, so [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Jane[/name_f] is out for me. Thoughts welcome!

Also, I have considered giving all the kids three middle names, but does “[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]” count as one or two?

Example:
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f], vs [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lilac[/name_f] [name_f]Terese[/name_f]?
AND/OR
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f] vs [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]?

all the other names are just composed of some family names, not necessarily combinations I’m currently considering

I prefer [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] '[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]". My [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] [name_m]Birch[/name_m], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f] [name_u]Vesper[/name_u], and [name_f]Indie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] would be called [name_m]Henry[/name_m] and [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Anne[/name_f], and [name_f]Indie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

I am personally not fond of the look of most names that have been smooshed and not particularly fond of hyphenated names either. If I had to choose between a smoosh and a hyphen, I would much prefer a hyphen.

I prefer the spelling ‘[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]’. It looks cleaner. [name_f]Maryjane[/name_f] doesn’t really look like a name to me, and [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Jane[/name_f] seems almost juvenile.
As far as whether [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] counts as one or two names, I’m actually not sure on how that works legally. I imagine there’s some way to register ‘[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]’ as the first name if you wanted, but I don’t know what that would be.

I’m not a fan of hyphens but if you want people to call her Mary-Jane (at least in her baby, toddler and little kid years; after that, it’s usually up to friends and herself what she is be called), I’d go with the hyphen. She can still opt to go by Mary or Jane later on but usually people don’t drop the second name as easily when there’s a hyphen.
Mary Jane might last into toddlerhood but as soon as there are people just reading her names off of lists vs you introducing her, Jane will be dropped by many.
Maryjane is just cluttered and unattractive.

So, while I’d prefer to be Mary Jane (as I’d likely drop one name when older, and it’s easier this way), if you want her to be Mary-Jane, that spelling would make the most sense.

Also, Mary Jane would count as 1 fn 1 mn for me, Mary-Jane as 1 fn 0 mn.

I love [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] as a first name, not hyphenated or smushed.

I would spell it either [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] or [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Jane[/name_f]. [name_f]Maryjane[/name_f] looks weirdly smooshed to me. [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is less likely to get dropped if you use the hyphen, but it would be fine without too- I know a [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] (spelled like this) who’s always [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], never just [name_f]Mary[/name_f]. If people call her just [name_f]Mary[/name_f] it’s an easy correction to make- no different than correcting pronunciation or clarifying anything else. [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is a common double name so it’d be easier for people to grasp compared to, say, [name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] or something.

I would go with [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] [name_f]Snow[/name_f] (great combo btw!) and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lavender[/name_f]. I would consider [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] a double first name- so her first name is [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] rather than her first being [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and her middle being [name_f]Jane[/name_f]- but being a double, it’s two names, her first name is two names, if that makes sense? Like having a double last name, e.g. [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] [name_u]Parker[/name_u] Bowles. Both [name_u]Parker[/name_u] and Bowles were her last names, she was never just [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] Bowles, and she also had a middle name- her full name was [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] [name_u]Parker[/name_u] Bowles. If you’re using a double first name like [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], though, I would only use one middle name. As both sisters would have three names- just that one has two firsts and one middle, and one has one first and two middles- it looks balanced to me.

[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]. Perfectly classic

I would either use [name_f]Mary[/name_f] as a first name and [name_f]Jane[/name_f] as a middle or use them both as individual middle names.

You might be okay with the Marijuana connection but you’re not the one who will have to live with it day after day for the rest of their life. For me splitting them up gives the child a choice to go by just [name_f]Mary[/name_f] as she grows older or to use both names.