Grace-Ashley ?

[Hoebag]

I'm not usually a fan of double barrel names but I like this,

opinions please.

[nagynolonger]

I thought it was usually spelt Ashleigh for a girl.

I wouldn't go for double barrel personally but it's OK. If DS told me it was the name of my next GC I would love it.

[Hoebag]

I've seen both spellings , its like Robyn I suppose I've seen 'Robin' for a girl times

[EdithWeston]

I don't think that Ashley I full assimilated as a girls name: it was definitely for boys when I was young, and was used for a youngish soap character (Asley Peacock). So to me this looks like a female/male name together, and I do find that odd.

Avoiding the male spelling might reduce that effect.

[HappyCamel]

I'd think you were telling me her first and surname. Ashley Grace Smith, or whatever, sounds better. I think that one being a classic name and one modern and unisex doesn't help.

[Bletchley]

Two names and very different, they don't go together

[Flightty]

Honestly, I don't really like anything double barrelled as a first name. And I also have trouble with a name I'd think of as a boy's name being attached to a girl's name.

Another I heard lately was Edie-Ray. I really don't like that either. Quite apart from the fact it sounds like something to do with home cinema.

Grace is a beautiful name though.

[SodoffBaldrick]

It's no better or worse than any other double-barrellled name, i.e. it's not great.

Just choose a name and be done with it. Grace and Ashley don't flow well together and no-one except you will actually call her Grace-Ashley in day-to-day life.

[nooka]

I don't like double barreled names, so that would be a no from me, but if you really want to go down this line Ashley-Grace flows a great deal better.

[JasperJohns]

I think it's a mouthful, you'd be unlikely to say the whole thing and they don't sound as if they go together.

[exoticfruits]

Grace is lovely. If you want Ashley I would go for it but don't have a hyphen. Just call her Grace. She will drop it anyway as soon as she has her own friends.

[DoubleGlazing]

I think you mean hyphenated, not double-barrelled (which refers to surnames).

Why do you need the hyphen? It's nicer without one IMHO.

[manicinsomniac]

I don't think it flows very well - do you intend on using both the names for everyday?

If so, I think Ashley-Grace fits better.

[Hoebag]

Hmm not feeling it then?

Ashley-Grace hmm, has a ring to it

[jkklpu]

Grace is lovely with Ashley as middle name

[HolyLentenPromiseBatman]

Ashley-Grace is better I think. Grace-Ashley just makes me think of Laura Ashley.

Not keen on Ashley though, but Grace is lovely.

[MrsJohnDeere]

Grace is nice.

Don't like the double-barrelled thing or Ashley.

[SilkStalkings]

Why the double barrel though? If one was just the middle name you would still use them both and it would put her at less of a disadvantage (not everyone has had diversity training and understands that their opinion of a person's name is irrelevant to any selection process.) Because people do look down at them.