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Mary-Jane

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tummytickler · 29/11/2011 09:32

This is not terribly urgent, as I am only ttc, and after a few miscarriages over the last 18 months we have been mulling over names to keep our spirits up Smile

This is baby 5 (or will be) so likely to be the last, unless I get my way and get a 6 too (unlikely!), and I have so many names i want to use,

We both like Mary and Jane as possibilities (along with many others including Priscilla, Thisbe, Gloria, Susan, Angela, Thora)

I know hyphenated names are frowned upon on mn, and actually I am not a big fan, but is Mary-Jane more acceptable?
I love both names, but can't make up my mind whether hyphenating them is rubbish, and I prefer just Mary or Jane as a name on it's own.

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manicinsomniac · 29/11/2011 14:35

Drugs.

And, a long way after drugs, shoes.

And a long way after that, an Enid Blyton jolly hockey sticks girl.

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marge2 · 29/11/2011 12:57

Speaking as a hyphenated myself. Beware the hyphen!! That's all anyione remembers!! Nobody ever gets my name right. I get Sarah-Jane, Anne-Marie, Marie-Claire etc etc, etc. People are always really embarrased that they can't remember which one it is.

I have given up and just answer to anything hyphenated now!

Hatwoman · 29/11/2011 12:56

dd has a very similar hyphenated name - and I love it. It's unusual without being odd/try-too-hard iyswim. However, I have to say, that Mary-Jane is a type of shoe to me

midnightexpress · 29/11/2011 12:50

Erm, you do know that it's a slang word for marijuana, I presume?

Also makes me think of shoes.

PercyFilth · 29/11/2011 12:47

Go with Mary Jane, unhyphenated, then she has the option to use either or both.

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tummytickler · 29/11/2011 09:43

Hyphenated names always get a beating on here.
I don't like hyphenated names though, but I love both names. I am possibly being greedy, trying to have two names in one! I actually think the hyphenation takes away from the simplicity of the names so maybe I will decide against it. Their simplicity is why I love Mary and Jane, and to hyphenate suddenly becomes a bit fussy.
I will just have to choose between Mary and Jane (or any of the others)

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PandaNot · 29/11/2011 09:42

I like Mary Jane. DC1 would have been Mary Jane, had he been a girl. DD (who isn't Mary Jane, we'd changed our mind by then) uses both names but hers aren't hypenated, she just likes to use both.

JaneRustle · 29/11/2011 09:39

Why are hyphenated names frowned on? They are very normal in France, for example. If you have a problem with hyphens you don't have to have one - you can be Mary Jane instead of Mary-Jane. I know an Ann-Marie and an Anne Marie, a John-Paul and a John Paul - both known as JP.

I like Mary-Jane.

Montsti · 29/11/2011 09:36

It sounds a bit "Waltons" (Mary-Beth/Johnboy/Jimbob etc..) to me...am also not a big fan of hyphenated names but your choice..you could just use Mary as first name and Jane as mn giving you the option of using both names together or just Mary...

Hope you get your BFP soon - good luck!

thisisyesterday · 29/11/2011 09:33

it makes me think of shoes.
but aside from that I have nothing against it, and that wouldn't necessarily stop me using a name if I really loved it.

not overly keen on hyphenated names but it isn't my baby.

i say, if you love the name then use it. doesn't matter what anyone else thinks