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Elsa-Rose Mary (double first name and middle name)
Rose-Eleanor Mary (double first name and middle name)
Rose Eleanor Mary (one first name and two middle names)
Your opinions on the above would be much appreciated. Which would you chose? Hyphen or no hyphen?
(Mary is a really important family name. Eleanor also honours.)
Thank you! :)
My constantly changing PNL:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870
Top rated = Rose and James / Henry :)
Bottom rated = Kacey (g) and Kim (g) :(
Unrated = Adelaide, Brianna, Caleb, Elsa, Erin, and Louisa... :/
Rose-Eleanor Mary (double first name and middle name)
Rose Eleanor Mary (one first name and two middle names)
Your opinions on the above would be much appreciated. Which would you chose? Hyphen or no hyphen?
(Mary is a really important family name. Eleanor also honours.)
Thank you! :)
My constantly changing PNL:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870
Top rated = Rose and James / Henry :)
Bottom rated = Kacey (g) and Kim (g) :(
Unrated = Adelaide, Brianna, Caleb, Elsa, Erin, and Louisa... :/
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I like Rose Eleanor Mary
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First of all, I like Eleanor and Mary much better than the ubiquitous Rose. Elsa is pleasant, but not as good.
I wouldn't use a hyphenated form, because I don't find them durable. I knew a Lesley-Anne once whose childhood memories mostly featured her grandmother, who lived with them and used to screech through the window, if she heard anyone saying just Lesley "Her name is LESLEY-ANNE!". This was not pleasant for anyone, and it didn't work.
In your case, the only one with any hope of durability is Elsa-Rose. Have you considered Rosemary or Maryrose? Both tend to be used in their entirety. Maryrose Eleanor sounds lovely.
I wouldn't use a hyphenated form, because I don't find them durable. I knew a Lesley-Anne once whose childhood memories mostly featured her grandmother, who lived with them and used to screech through the window, if she heard anyone saying just Lesley "Her name is LESLEY-ANNE!". This was not pleasant for anyone, and it didn't work.
In your case, the only one with any hope of durability is Elsa-Rose. Have you considered Rosemary or Maryrose? Both tend to be used in their entirety. Maryrose Eleanor sounds lovely.
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Thanks! :)
I dislike Rosemary a lot which is why I wouldn't like to put Rose and Mary together without a name between or a hyphen to distinguish between first and middle spot because I'll get the "well why didn't you just go with Rosemary" reaction.
Maryrose is one I've never considered but to me it looks more of a mash-up and in my opinion mash-ups are valued lower than hyphenated names, so I'd lean towards Mary-Rose if anything. But I think I still hold Elsa-Rose as my favourite.
I dislike Rosemary a lot which is why I wouldn't like to put Rose and Mary together without a name between or a hyphen to distinguish between first and middle spot because I'll get the "well why didn't you just go with Rosemary" reaction.
Maryrose is one I've never considered but to me it looks more of a mash-up and in my opinion mash-ups are valued lower than hyphenated names, so I'd lean towards Mary-Rose if anything. But I think I still hold Elsa-Rose as my favourite.
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I would chose Rose Eleanor Mary, one first name, two middle names =)
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I would chose Rose Eleanor Mary, one first name, two middle names =)
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I feel conflicted, I am really not a fan of hyphenated first names (or last names for that matter) because they look untidy and can be cumbersome if they're too long. I think you should only go with it if you are genuinely going to call them that full name all the time, not just the first part of it.
Aside from Mary (which I realise is important so my opinion on that hardly matters anyway) I love all the names here, with Elsa being my favourite
The only name I really see working as a double barrel first name is Elsa-Rose because it's short enough to work. So I would eliminate option two (Rose-Eleanor Mary)
I do really love Rose Eleanor Mary too but I think I have to choose the first option and given my first statement I would just drop the hyphen to Elsa Rose Mary. I've heard people that call their kids by their first and middle name so you could still call her Elsa Rose from time to time. If you were dead set on hyphenating I think this is one of the better ones I've heard.
Do keep in mind though that Elsa may rise in popularity due to the character in the movie Frozen. It might not though (I really really hope not). Rose is fairly popular here, not sure about where you live so maybe you're not worried about that anyway
Sorry this is so long!
Aside from Mary (which I realise is important so my opinion on that hardly matters anyway) I love all the names here, with Elsa being my favourite
The only name I really see working as a double barrel first name is Elsa-Rose because it's short enough to work. So I would eliminate option two (Rose-Eleanor Mary)
I do really love Rose Eleanor Mary too but I think I have to choose the first option and given my first statement I would just drop the hyphen to Elsa Rose Mary. I've heard people that call their kids by their first and middle name so you could still call her Elsa Rose from time to time. If you were dead set on hyphenating I think this is one of the better ones I've heard.
Do keep in mind though that Elsa may rise in popularity due to the character in the movie Frozen. It might not though (I really really hope not). Rose is fairly popular here, not sure about where you live so maybe you're not worried about that anyway
Sorry this is so long!
This message was edited 4/18/2014, 8:21 PM
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Thank you!
A lot of people have worried about how Rose-Eleanor may be a mouthful and I can see where they're coming from, but I could always shorten it to "Rose-Ellie".
I would love to try to call her by both names because I know quite a few people with two first names who only go by one and I've always thought 'well what's the point?'
I understand Elsa may rise in popularity, it's a beautiful name so It would be justified I suppose. Rose has always been common as a middle name and I went to school with a Roseanne "Rosie" and Rosemary "Rosie", but I think nowadays Rosie is more popular than Rose.
In theory I like the idea of having two first names without the hyphen but not the hassle and confusion that would probably go with it.
A lot of people have worried about how Rose-Eleanor may be a mouthful and I can see where they're coming from, but I could always shorten it to "Rose-Ellie".
I would love to try to call her by both names because I know quite a few people with two first names who only go by one and I've always thought 'well what's the point?'
I understand Elsa may rise in popularity, it's a beautiful name so It would be justified I suppose. Rose has always been common as a middle name and I went to school with a Roseanne "Rosie" and Rosemary "Rosie", but I think nowadays Rosie is more popular than Rose.
In theory I like the idea of having two first names without the hyphen but not the hassle and confusion that would probably go with it.
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I think Rose Eleanor Mary flows best, and I prefer it without the hyphen. Rose-Eleanor is quite a mouthful of a name, and the hyphen makes me want to say the names with less of a gap in which case it does run together a bit too much.
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I think Rose Eleanor Mary is the best easily, but that's mostly cause I'm not a fan of hyphenated names in general. Plus it's just refreshing to see Rose as a fn, after being so long relegated to mn status. If you're leaning towards a hyphenated name though, Elsa-Rose is leagues better than Rose-Eleanor.
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Rose-Ellen Marie ;)
I think Rose-Ellen has a much sharper flow than Rose-Eleanor, which seems just a bit too cumbersome for everyday use- Rose-Ellie helps alleviate that though. Elsa-Rose works ok too. I tend to want to include the hyphen when the intention is to use both names, but it's certainly doable either way
I think Rose-Ellen has a much sharper flow than Rose-Eleanor, which seems just a bit too cumbersome for everyday use- Rose-Ellie helps alleviate that though. Elsa-Rose works ok too. I tend to want to include the hyphen when the intention is to use both names, but it's certainly doable either way
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I would chose Rose-Ellie over Rose-Ellen because Ellie is actually my sister's name and I don't like Ellen at all (negative personal association that I can't shake).
I used to like Marie as an alternative to Mary because it seemed to a flow better with more names, but Mary has been used in three generations of my family and I'd like to keep it. :)
I used to like Marie as an alternative to Mary because it seemed to a flow better with more names, but Mary has been used in three generations of my family and I'd like to keep it. :)
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Rose Eleanor Mary, no hyphens - it's a really nice combo. Rose-Eleanor as a double name is never gonna work; Elsa-Rose could but it's not my style at all.
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What makes you say Rose-Eleanor wouldn't work?
Not trying to pick bones, just curious. :)
Not trying to pick bones, just curious. :)
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It's just a mouthful, IMO, and she'd inevitably be called just Rose.
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Well, I used to work with a Carl-Magnus and I never called him anything but Carl-Magnus. I know he sometimes introduced himself as just Magnus but that wasn't his name and it really wasn't that hard to say Carl-Magnus. I think Rose-Eleanor could work. I wouldn't have any problems with it. But I guess it differs from person to person. Some people think anything longer than two syllables needs to be shortened.
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Hmm, I suppose. But all double first names are really unless they end in Anne or May.
I was toying with the idea of nicknaming her Rose-Ellie but I'm not sure about the flow.
I was toying with the idea of nicknaming her Rose-Ellie but I'm not sure about the flow.
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Hmmm...I'm thinking Rose-Ellie could work.
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Thanks :)
I used to think the same about hyphenated names but I wonder if using Elsa Rose as two first names without the hyphen would get confusing on paperwork and such.
I don't want to use Rose and Mary next to each other because I "might as well" put Rosemary which I don't like. Plus I like Rose too much as a first name to leave it in the middle.
I used to think the same about hyphenated names but I wonder if using Elsa Rose as two first names without the hyphen would get confusing on paperwork and such.
I don't want to use Rose and Mary next to each other because I "might as well" put Rosemary which I don't like. Plus I like Rose too much as a first name to leave it in the middle.
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