Are hyphenated/double first names really that bad?

You are making this up? Chardonnay cannot be be a name?! 🤭 I thought it was a type of wine?
but agree with you when naming my kids I also thought would they be taken seriously? But my daughter ended up with one that is not serious at all (which she loves!) but hopefully she doesn’t want to be someone too serious 🤣

Me too and poor Madeline Soto (https://crimetimelines.com/madeline-sophia-soto/). It's too much of a tragic name for me.

Living in the UK people will just shorten to the first name, unless it's something well known like Anne-Marie.

Americans will call each other Sarah Jessica or Sue Ellen but I think your DD will have to correct people loads, even with a hyphen (you don't see the hyphen when you introduce yourself to others)

Love Jodi x

I think they either sound overly frilly, like an over-elaborate dress, or just indecisive — ‘Hey, we couldn’t decide between Anna and Kate, so we called her Anna-Kate!’

Julianna is much the nicest of your list.

Madeline always makes me think of the missing Madeline.

All I can say is my friend who has an “unusual” double barrelled first name (I won’t say it as it would be outing) absolutely hates it. No one has called her the full name since she was a preschooler and now she just has to fill out forms with this ridiculously long name and correct people all the time. She could have just been First Name Middle Name - especially as she has no middle name!

I think hyphenated names are naff.

Your name choices are nice.

except Galilee - that’s dreadul

I dont know what he has told you, but double names come with a heavy connotation in the U.S. They are highly regional and outside of very specific areas they are viewed the same way they are viewed in the UK. I don’t know how strongly the negative associations might be, but it might be even stronger in the U.S in certain areas.

Nothing against any name but have heard multiple ‘Lilly-May’ shouts across the park which sounds awful usually due to the person yelling it rather than the name.

Also people that give the death stare if the name isn’t said in full every time.

I agree with PP that double barreled first names aren't great. I don't see them as chavvy but they're a mouthful and people will inevitably drop the second part. We had a Marie-Louise at school and she was just known as Marie.

Do you live in the US or UK?

Anna-Kate
Anne-Marie Very middle aged. Anna seems “younger” and fresher than Anne
Joy-Anna In the UK I think people will mishear this as Joanna
Personally I’d use Anna Kate (no hyphen) because hyphenated names are not popular. Plus people seem to be desperate to nickname people so I wouldn’t be surprised if an Anna-Kate at school became Anna or AK.

Alaina
Camilla - current Queen so you might want to avoid
Galilee - I didn’t know that this was a human name, never mind for girls
Jodi(e), Katherine, Lori, Lorraine, Rosemary - very middle aged names Is Lori a full name or nickname because it sounds like the latter.
Stella - I like this but some people avoid because of the beer
Julianna - one of the beat names on your list
Madeline - very popular in UK.

Alaina - I quite like this spelling
Camilla - It reminds me of our Queen Consort
Galilee - I like it but it's a bit awkward to say
Jodi(e) - It reminds me of Jodi Arias, Jodie Foster, and Jodie Sweetin
Julianna - I like it but dislike the potential nickname "Jules"
Katherine - It's ok
Lori - It reminds me of Lori Vallow Daybell and Lori Loughlin
Lorraine - I like it and it's due for a revival
Madeleine - I'm not a fan
Rosemary - This is my favourite
Stella - I like it but wonder if it's too popular at the moment

I like all of your hyphenated names (especially Anna-Kate).

I always think when it comes to naming kids think: could they be prime minister with a name like this and be taken seriously.

which knocks out a lot of names especially ones like Chardonnay and kylie!

I know a Billie-Jo. Sounds like a country and western singer.

The only hyphenated name on your list that flows is Anne-Marie. I’ve known a few and they’ve always been called by both halves. I’m 55 with a hyphenated name and it’s never been shortened (or if it has, I politely say I’m always my-fullname and people use it). Mary-Kate goes better than Anna-Kate. Agree with Marianne and I also know a Carrie-Anne.

Don’t do it! Mine is the bane of my life.

Anna-Kate - sounds like annotate
Anne-Marie - lovely but a bit dated
Joy-Anna - sounds like Joanna

I really like all your other ideas, except Camilla and Galilee. Madeleine and Rosemary are my favourites.

This makes me quite sad for her. In the vast majority of cases, you should call someone by the name that they're introduced to you as. It's common decency. I've never understood why someone would attempt to shorten a stranger's name immediately upon meeting them.

Please please don’t! I know of a lovely highly educated lady in my firm but I struggle to say her name. Equally it depends on the names you choose. I know an Anne-Marie, lovely. Something-Rose, not so much.

Katherine is very definitely a name of a woman in her 40s (although it's classic and not unheard of either older or younger) but Lorraine is not a woman in her 40s. I'd say in her 50s minimum, more likely 60s. (But I agree, very unfashionable/dated for a baby either way!)

Think it depends on the names you hyphenate. If it’s…you know Kaydee-Lee or something then yes, people will probably pre-judge.

On the other hand, I know a Nancy-Jean which I think is lovely.

The issue I have with hythenated names is they date and very much of their era, I was born in the 60s and Anne-Marie is very much of my generation. Then there were the Sarah-Louises and Emma-Janes of the 80s/90s. Now its the Ella-Roses and Hannah-Graces.

My daughter’s name is hyphenated but she dropped the second name aged 6.
It’s not a problem and we all call her one name now, she has a grandaunt who uses her full name which is nice.

I don't mind hyphenated names, I just find that a lot of them don't actually go together.

I like Rosemary from the names you've listed, it can give the impression of being two names and they go together.