Are hyphenated/double first names really that bad?

Joy-Anna just sounds like Joanna so I’d go for that. Galilee just reminds me of the Sea of Galilee 😂. Katherine is my favourite and I like the nickname Kat.

I would hate to have a hyphenated name myself, so dislike them. I find it clunky to say two names all the time. A cousin of mine with a hyphenated name has been known by only one of them since she was about 5.

Thoughts on your other names

Alaina - Eminems adopted kid
Camilla - classic
Galilee - interesting, most of MN will hate this
Jodi(e) - not keen
Julianna - beautiful classic
Katherine - Woman in her 40s
Lori - like
Lorraine - again woman in her 40s
Madeleine - okay, bit overdone
Rosemary - awful old fashioned
Stella - good strong name

They tend to be very twee. Your suggestions aren't, but they are a bit clunky instead. Anne-Marie works, Anna-Marie is awkward.

I like all of your full names, except Galilee. Stella, Camilla, Madeleine and Rosemary are my favourites.

I just they’re very over used. Every other girl seems to be an Evie-May or Lily-Rose or Ella-Rose, Ellie-May, Gracie-May, Darcie-May, Ella-Grace. It’s very dull as it’s the same names. I like Anna Kate though.

As a pp said, you can’t make people say the full name, especially if it’s something long. Your DD may even shorten it.

I find double names more attractive when the hyphen is not used. Why is the hyphen needed?

I know women with first names of..

Mary Ellen
Sue Ellen
Anna Joy
Mary Grace
Rosemary
Mary Rose
Sally Anne
Pollyanna
Marie Claire
Annemarie
Marianna
Wendy Joy
Briellen

I like some two-part names but I don’t like the flow of your suggestions and the hyphen looks a bit ugly to me. Just have a space between. Also you should consider initials. AK is not great IMO - makes me think of the guns.

I couldn’t care less about people’s idea of class. My daughter’s name is always labeled lower-class on mumsnet but I think it’s beautiful and live that the popularity has been pretty steady and outside #200 as far as records go back on the trend trackers. It also works internationally.

Think about what’s important to you. I think it’s lovely to have a link to your husband’s heritage.

I hate them sorry OP - what’s the point? Too much of a mouthful, most people will only say the first of the two names anyway. Especially something like Anna-Kate which isn’t a popular combination, unlike something like Sarah-Jane or Anne-Marie which are common. Just call her Anna Kate if you like those names and save everyone a headache.

I think Stella is a name for a cat - the rest are fine I guess albeit a bit old fashioned.

I would consider the fact that about half of the adult population simply doesn't seem to understand the concept of hyphenated names. I know an Anne-Marie that is often called Anne (after introducing herself as Anne-Marie) because people cannot grasp the fact that Marie is actually part of her first name and isn't her middle name. I'm assuming that there are also some that just don't like hyphenated names so they refuse to call those with them by their full name. I'm thankful that I don't have a name like this because I would hate for people to think that part of my name is optional.

My favourites are Jodie, Julianna, and Rosemary.

I never knew they were viewed negatively before I came on mumsnet!
I quite like Anna-Kate.

Some of your list does seem quite dated to me- especially Anne-Marie, Jodie, Lorraine.

I like Katherine (also dated but classic so still a few around and just a nice name), Madeleine, Julianna, Camilla. Not a fan of the others.

I think hyphenated names sound best when it is clear they are two separate names

Ann-Kate sounds like one word , like ‘annotate’ , Joy-Anna the same, as if it was Joyanna.

Anne-Marie lovely.

Other names fine except Galilee . Which apart from anything else would be shortened to Galli, which is unattractive, IMO.

There are some names that no longer use the hyphen, eg I’d spell it Annemarie rather than Anne-Marie personally. They are ‘classic’ double names and are considered differently to names like Jodie-Mae in the UK.

I think I’d go for something like Julianne/Julianna/Marianne/Rosemary rather than hyphenating but it depends on whether you’ll be living in US or UK.

You can call her the full name but you can’t force others to do the same. If people shorten even single names the second name will inevitably get dropped.

I like them all apart from Galilee and Lori