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Interesting that double-barrel names are considered trashy. Here they are definitely more an upper-class thing (obviously depends on the name; Anne-Charlotte vs Nova-Lee for example).
I went to school with a girl named Anne-Charlotte. She had no nickname. I also work with a guy named Carl-Magnus. He goes by his full name too. I don't know of any child with a double-barrel name though.

I know:

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Lily-Belle
Emma-Chloe
Emily-Jane
Ruby-Jane
Jo-Anne

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I've never considered double-barrelled names much as ones I'd make or use myself.

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I guess they're seen as more kind of frilly or cutesy most of the time, and that's why they seem to be used more for girls.

My name

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My name and my sister's name are double-barreled.
Karly-Jo and Kara-Jo

I know a Mary Alice and a Ruthann (60+). I also know a Mary Katherine and a Gracella (under 11). Double-barrell names just aren't popular around here, and they usually aren't hyphenated.

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My favorites are Sarah Charlotte, Mary Claire, Mary Kate & Mary Katherine, Anna Jane, Annabeth, Adabeth, Mary Eliza(beth), and Mary Margaret. Mostly traditional stuff.

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From your list, I like Gina-Laurel, but I'd prefer it as a FN MN combo. Mina Laurel would be cute, too.

The only person I know with a double-barrel name is my friend's mother, Maris-Ann.

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My favourite DB names are:

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Stella-Marie
Daisy-Mae
Elsa-Jane
Anna-Liisa
Anna-Maria
Briar-Rose
Lucy-Anne
Maisie-Anne
Mary-Beth

I've only ever known one boy with a double barrelled name - Lucas John - in fact I don't even know if it was double barrelled or just a double first name.

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I worked in a class with a Lily-Mae and Lily-Grace, there was also a Georgia-Grace, same class, they're 5 years old. My best friend's little sisters are Kod1-Le1gh (the 1's represent i's, sorry but I think you'd agree it's quite an unusual name) and Maisie-Jane.

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When I was younger I loved the name Kimberly-Rae, I still like Kimberly but I'm not fond of Rae anymore. Recently I thought about Elsa-Rose or Rose-Eleanor, but I'm not confident that I love them as much as the names separately.

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Sorry, but I don't really like any of the ones you listed. If I could mix and max, I think Mina-Dawn would be quite sweet. :)

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I knew a Peter John who went by both names, and also a Jean-Paul who went by JP.

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I've also known a Mary-Anne, who dropped the Anne when she became a teenager, and a Sallyanne. And I've seen references to a Susan Jane who seems to have used them both, though without a hyphen.

I used to know a John David. My cousin is dating a John Michael. My son's first name is David Royce. We usually call him Huck or Huckleberry (his middle name) but he's never David, only David Royce.
The only hyphenated boy's name that I personally knew was Morgan-Lee, but everyone called him Morgan. (All those above had no hyphen).

The only people I know with double names are French: Jean-Paul, Jean-Claude, Jean-Benoit. English double names aren't usually my cup of tea, although I quite like Hazel-Jane from your list (maybe because it reminds me of the Nick Drake song Hazey Jane)

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Double names are fashionable in the UK atm, and do turn up on boys - here's some from the 2012 data:
Tyler-James - 103 boys
Tommy-Lee - 69
Tyler-Jay - 52
Riley-James - 50
Riley-Jay - 49
Alfie-James - 45
Alfie-Lee - 40
Alfie-Jay - 35
Jayden-Lee - 33
Charlie-James - 24
Harley-James - 24
Taylor-James - 24
Harley-Jay - 23
John-James- 23
Mason-Lee - 22

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and there's a whole bunch of others, mostly -James and -Lee - and -Jay.
(Erk, just noticed Jay-Jay. Yuck)

This message was edited 8/6/2014, 7:34 AM

Double-barrel names are really popular where I'm from (UK), for both boys and girls, but are probably more common on girls as you said. I don't really like them, they're considered a bit trendy/tacky here.

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I know...

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Lily-May
Lexia-Mai
Tilly-Rose
Tiana-Skye
Kaitlyn-Grace

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Jayden-Lee
Harley-Ray
Riley-James
Jon-Lewis

In the US, male double-barrel names are generally considered hillbilly/redneck, like Jim-Bob or Billy-Ray. The only exception seems to be Hispanic names, like Juan Carlos or Victor Emmanuel; that last is a good friend of my daughter's. He introduces himself as Victor Emmanuel, but he's usually just called Victor by his friends. Valerie calls him Victor Man because when she first met him, she had trouble saying Victor Emmanuel.
There's also a Haitian boy in her class, or there was, named Guy-Vincent, pronounced in the French way.

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I don't really go in for double-barreled names; I just like a first and a middle name, and if you call her by both names, that's all the double-barreledness that's necessary.
They don't seem to be as popular right now here as they apparently are in the UK. They were popular several generations ago, so there's plenty of Norma Jeans (very popular in Oklahoma) and Margaret Anns (very popular here to the point of it being kind of a joke) Mary Ellens, Betty Jeans, and so on. I even knew a Kitty Sue once who was about my age or maybe a bit older. I have no idea if Kitty Sue was her given name or a nickname.

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I really think Dawn Marie is a beautiful combo to use both names together.