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Not to my taste...

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Galena · 30/06/2010 15:26

Watching Birthday Time on CBeebies the other day, there was a card for:
Lillian-Rose and Lola-Juliet, one aged 3 and one aged 4.

I think Lillian-Rose could be quite pretty, but wouldn't personally hyphenate. Lola-Juliet just doesn't seem to 'flow' to me.

Thoughts? Any other hyphenated names you've heard which don't seem to flow?

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Galena · 30/06/2010 15:27

Oh, and I apologise if the girls' mother is an avid MNer - I'm not saying they're awful - just not to my taste.

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issy123 · 30/06/2010 16:38

Quite like them very pretty.

BertieBasset · 30/06/2010 16:43

I just don't like hyphenated names full stop, but think I'm in a minority

suspiria · 30/06/2010 16:56

Again on CBeebies I saw a Riley-Jay and another day a Riley-Jack also a Honey-Mae
BertieBasset I totally agree it's a trend I really don't like

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PixieCake · 30/06/2010 17:12

Ooh I never considered a hyphenated name.
Very short surname so might work well for our child.
Will have a ponder myself now....

Agree with you that L-R is nice but L-J not as smooth. (Sorry, must stop changing the subject of people's threads!)

foreverastudent · 30/06/2010 17:24

I know a Kyla-Danielle.

I've heard of:

Arawen-Zoe
Ava-Ruby
Daisy-Bridget
Jenny-Francine
Keira-Angel
Lucia-Noelia
Rhianna-Sophi e
Talia-Ashley
Taylor-Margaret

I mean, do these parents actually expect both names to be used?

Why cant the 2nd name just be a middle name?

CuppaCoffeeJanice · 30/06/2010 17:28

I went to school with a Lindy-Lou. She was bullied partly because of her twee name and changed it to just Lindy as soon as she could.

The vast majority of double-barrelled first names are just horrible IMO.

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Galena · 30/06/2010 17:29

Of those, I like Ava-Ruby a bit and Rhianna-Sophie a bit more. Don't like the others though.

Some just seem to be a desperate case of 'Mum liked one name and dad liked the other so we'll give both!'

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BertieBasset · 30/06/2010 18:40

DH and I couldn't agree on a boys name, there were 4 in the equation.

My brother, ever the comic, suggested we use the nicknames of all 4 as

Billy Jo Jim Bob

and I think that still sounds better than some of those listed above!

We had a girl by the way

Kathleen123 · 30/06/2010 20:42

I know girls with the following names:

Lucy-May
Emily-Jane
Mary-Lou
Anne-Marie
Katie-Ann
Sally-Ann

Three of them are not so young, being in their 20s. The Anne-Marie now goes by Anne, Katie-Ann now goes by Katieann. I think Sally-Ann is the only one that likes her hyphenated name.

Personally I like hyphenated names, but probably wouldnt use them, as I think they can be perceived as pretentious and silly by certain people.

I suggested Ella-Louise in an earlier forum, and it was very unpopular.

Hedwig3 · 01/07/2010 13:02

Not my cuppa either.

Firawla · 01/07/2010 13:11

i dont love the hyphen but the names are nice, could be alot worse than that!

TBJP · 01/07/2010 14:25

Seriously-Naff.

Tasala · 01/07/2010 14:30

I love to see the names on the CBeebies birthday cards, a good indication of what's popular. I don't like them but I've seen worse than those 2 names in the OP.

EricNorthmansmistress · 01/07/2010 16:31

Annemarie is a proper name isn't it? Like Maryann? I can't bear hyphenated names myself. I used to know a Hannah Elisabeth (no hyphen, but both names had to be used - bog off!) Greedy/lazy if you ask me. I know a Jamie-Leigh (girl - why two boys' names then?) and some numpty misguided soul on here wondered about Pixie-Daisy (I kid you not). They are usually two completely uncomplimentary names and just look and sound dumb.

Arrrggh I'm getting irritated just thinking about them! Choose one name and many middle names if you must, but two first names? Why?????

5DollarShake · 01/07/2010 16:48

I do not get hyphenated names at all, I really don't.

A good friend of mine has just given her DD a hyphenated name - both names are lovely. But I still don't get it. Will they really always refer to her by both names, and insist that everyone else refer to her by both? She doesn't have a middle name - why not use the second part of the name as a middle name?

Whereas many people like to give affectionate, shorted versions or nicknames to their children, here you have people that insist the whole mouthful of the double name be used. It'd be needlessly formal if it wasn't for the fact that so many hyphenated names are anything but formal. Pixie-Daisy, indeed!

LaRagazzaInglese · 01/07/2010 21:13

what TBJP said

hhg · 01/07/2010 21:24

Mairi-Clare is lovely I think

notso · 01/07/2010 21:35

No hyphenated names are my taste, my worst is probably Dean-Harvey though as I can't stand either one.

mathanxiety · 01/07/2010 22:05

I really like French names of the Marie-Therese ilk, same for French boys' names, although you're more likely to find French girls' names in the British Isles than boys'. Then there are names like John Paul, which are fine, to my ear. Or Anne-Marie, Mary-Clare -- you hear these more in Ireland I think.

Ronaldinhio · 01/07/2010 22:26

hill billy names

funnysinthegarden · 01/07/2010 22:28

I know a French Marie-Therese. She is a nightmare!

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