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I think most of the people I've met with double FNs have not been hyphenated - Marybeth, Jenibeth, John Michael, etc.

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I like a few double/hyphenated names for girls...

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Annabeth
Jane Emily
Ruby-Jane
Anna-Fleur
Mary-Olive
Kay-Anna
Cody-Anne / Codianne
Alice-Anne / Alisanne
Ana Colette

Do you like hyphenated names or would you (or have you) use any?
- Some of them are okay
What hyphenated names have you heard of or met in real life?
- Mostly French ones. Jean-Baptiste, Jean-Paul, Jean-Claude, lots of Jeans and Maries and Annes. I also knew a Sally-Anne and a Katie-Lou. The British name charts are full of (imo) yuckily cutesy ones like Laycee-Mae.
If you had to use a hyphenated name, what would it be?
- I really wouldn't, as I have a double last name and it would look very silly
Do you prefer double names to be separated by a space or a hyphen, or to be combined in one word (eg Mary Anne, Mary-Anne or Maryanne)?
- Depends on the name, but usually spaced or well-blended - Marianne, Mariella etc.

I've met

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Marie-Elise- I think it's adorable!
Carrie Rose
Jo Ann
Mary Jean
Laura Beth
Marianne
Mary-Beth

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Does Annabelle count?

Hyphenated names are very common in Sweden, but not popular nowadays.
Some common hyphenated names in Sweden:

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GIRLS
Anna-Maria
Anna-Karin
Anna-Lisa
Anna-Lotta
Anna-Lena
Eva-Lena (my aunt's name, BTW)
Inga-Lena
Inga-Lisa
Inga-Lill
Anne-Charlotte
Ann-Kristin (or Anne-Christine)
Anne-Marie
Lise-Lotte
Else-Marie
Anna-Märta
Kajsa-Stina
Gun-Britt
Gun-Marie
etc etc

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BOYS
Karl-Johan
Leif-Göran
Karl-Gustav
Karl-Oskar
Jan-Erik
Lars-Erik
Lars-Göran
Jan-Olof
Karl-Erik
etc, etc

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Many Saami (the indigenous people in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland - plus Kola peninsula in Russia), at least in Norway and Sweden, have combo names, but not always hyphenated.
Examples:

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Sara Marit
Elle Kari
Elle Garen
Aslak Nils
Ida Maarja
Jon Andreas
Sara Inga
Risten Anne
Inger Anne

1) I used to like them a lot but they recieve bad publicity and I don't see the point when most of the time they get called by the first name anyway. I considered a lot that the second name was Rae, e.g. Kimberly-Rae, Liliana-Rae etc. Nowadays the only one I would consider is Riley-Beth - and in that case I would call her Riley-Beth all of the time.
2) I haven't met many in real life; Sally-Ann - who was just Sally to us. Sophie-Jo who I think usually goes by Sophie and Ellie-May/Mae who I think is called Ellie-May a lot of the time.
3) Kind of answered this is (1), I'd use Riley-Beth, no competition.
4) I would prefer a double name to be hyphened so it wouldn't get confused as the seperate first and middle names, I'm not a fan of name-mashed, e.g. I wouldn't like Rileybeth, that just looks wrong.

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I like Ruby-Jane from your list. Personally I wouldn't use a hyphenated name on a boy at all, but that's just me.

This message was edited 10/3/2012, 7:57 AM

Like 'em? Don't prefer them. Would usually try to avoid them as first names.
Met? Jan-Phillip, Bjorn-Christian, Anna-Helene, Ruth-Ann, Anna-Maria, Anne-Marie
If I had to? Well, we plan to use Ruth-Anne for a middle name (honouring both our mothers) But for a first name, I really don't know.
Double name preference? Hyphenated, so you know it's supposed to be a double name.

Depends

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I like hyphenated names where it feels like the hyphen goes there. Like Jean-Baptiste or Jean-Marie. Actually I'm fine with a lot of French names hyphenated because it seems more of their culture to use it? It doesn't look off with their names, it looks off with typical American or English names though. I don't know. Usually I prefer two separate names if they are typically two separate names like John David, Mary Alice, Anna Sophia, etc.

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I pronounce Marianne and Mary Anne slightly differently. I put a short pause in between the names when there's a space, rather than just the fluid solid name. If you were going to say call your daughter "Lilianne" I would far prefer that spelling than Lily Anne or LilyAnne/Lilyanne or Lily-Anne. Just like I would prefer Rosabella rather than Rosa-Bella or Rosa Bella (though I kind of like this, but I say it differently). Italians are kind of known for smushing names together, like I had a teacher Mariaisabella nn Isa which I lovedddd. But that's another story.

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I met a young Ava-Louise this summer. Can't think of anyone else I actually know personally, though I know a couple people with just double first names.

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If I had to pick one, I think it'd be Jean-Baptiste just so it wouldn't annoy me forever, haha.

I like them alright ... on other people. I wouldn't use them. They only bother me if I think about it. If I don't, they're nice. But, not my style. Seems too formal.
Ana-Estela, Anne-Marie
I might hyphenate Amy-Rose or Rose-Amy. Well, if I had to. I also like Sarah-Jane.
I usually prefer double names to be mushed together so hard, they make a new name. Marianne, not Maryanne.

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