Double barrel first names - yes or no

No to hyphenated first names.

They sound even more silly on grown up people.

@HotChocolateLover charming! I post that I have a db name and two posts later you say they are hideous and chavvy.

I don't see how names like Anne Marie, Marie Claire or John Paul are ' hideoes' ' chavy' or " awful'

Hideous, so chavvy.

Extremely common to do this where I live - especially for boys:

John Norman
Iain George
Murdo John

Etc

WutheringBites My name's come up quite a bit on this thread.........oooooooo. I am 48.

Oh no; my hyphenated first name doesn’t come up.
I like it.
And I’d not particularly consider myself either “tacky” or “classless”. But, maybe I’ve missed other people thinking that about me.

Answer to this; go for a hyphen if you like the names together.

I am going to read the entire thread just to see if my name turns up. (Yes, I’m actually wuther-ing)

Love all the judgeyness, tho. Seriously, people. I’m in my 40s and life’s enough of a bloody great upwards struggle without people being unkind about my name (which I didn’t bloody choose, but quite like?).

Hyphen; no hyphen discrimination? Fuck that.

Holly and Louise are both nice but Holly-Louise is a bit of a tongue twister.

I find them awful, every other child at school is something-mae, something-jo or something-lee.

I really wanted a double barrelled name for my DD, I loved Holly-Louise as Louise was my mum's middle name.

Ex vetoed the double barrelled name (incl Holly), TBH I am grateful he did, nice idea but wasn't that practical. Although DD never Louise as a middle name :(

Not a fan and I have a niece with a double barrelled first name... And surname.

Odd thing is that we don't actually use the full first name, only the first portion, so I am extremely confused by my sister's decision.

Anne-Marie is ok.
Jaydon-Kai or Lily-Mae seem very downmarket.
The Sarah-Janes and Emma-Janes of my age groups are known as Sarah or Emma. My DC are of the -Louise age group.
When someone told me that her GDD was Jade-Emma , I heard Jaidemma and thought ???. She refers to her as Jade these days.

I hate them all with a passion. I find them tacky and classless personally.

Lobster I always assumed that JJMMWGD was a total control freak and his mother found it easier to just go along with him! It’s a rather lovely poem though, I’m a fan of all of the Milne poems (although ‘Here Lies A Tree - By Owl’ is my favourite!).

@CatkinToadflax oh sorry!! I meant the James Morrison in the poem (is it called Disobedience?). I always found it quite sad - that a three year old felt responsible for his mother's safety - and especially the line "last seen wandering vaguely, quite of her own accord" as if she'd had a breakdown. And that JJMMWGD didn't have a father so felt that he alone was responsible for her.

Or I just overthink!!

Thank you; it's my favourite of the Alice poems.

Lobster Well he’s certainly done very well for himself regardless!

Love your user name - love a bit of Lewis Carroll as well as AA Milne!

@CatkinToadflax I always assumed that James Morrison was the son of a single mother, who was possibly having MH difficulties and he was effectively a (very) young carer, it at least saw himself like that. This could very well be projection on my part!

Francis Crawford Although maybe he took it a bit far with James James Morrison Morrison Willoughby George DuPree

Weatherby! Weatherby! (But I love the reference! Always wondered if James Morrison's parents were A A Milne fans! )

If you love a specific name combo I would just call your child that full name without a hyphen, eg Geoffrey Charles on Poldark (lol, have always loved that name). But I agree the hyphen is a bit cringe, this way your child has the option of only using one name.

I have a double barrelled name and I like it. Both names are ordinary enough on their own and neither is May/Mae or Rose. Or Leigh. I've never experienced negativity either.

I know several children with hyphenated names. Most of them are two names put together that don't actually 'go' so they are awkward if you only hear them said, and for one at least (my dsd) people have a lot of trouble spelling it.
I also know another child who has a hyphenated name but is just called a short version of the first half of it. Seems a bit pointless!
But some more traditional ones, or that at least work together can be nice.

Hyphenated first names always seem unpopular on name forums. I can see why, it's just annoying for the child to have to constantly spell out her name: "No, it's not Mary Anne, it's Mary hyphen Anne"....you don't want that kind of scenario their whole life. Especially as it could just be two names, one first and one middle and she could still use them.

I’m in my 40s with a double- barrelled hyphenated name and have hated it all my life so it’s a no from me.

So if you have two first names but no hyphen what exactly makes them both your first name? It wouldn’t appear any different on a birth certificate than someone with one first name and a middle name would it?
Eg if I saw someone’s name as Jane Margaret Doe how would you know that her parents intended her to be Jane Margaret as a first name and not just Jane?