Using both first names all the time

[ValerieVomit]

I blame Sabrina for starting this trend.

Melissa Joan Hart
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Millie Bobby Brown

It's everywhere now.

Somehow still less annoying than fully grown adults going by "Hughie" or "Sunny" in their fifties.

"Its everywhere now"

Two actresses from the 90's and one current..... We are being over run by them!

there has always been a few people who do this in my life. (I have never heard of any of the people on your list btw)

My name is hyphenated, thanks to being born in the 70s (the height of the Walton's) but it's never just been the one name - always both.

Sometimes with actors though it is because there is already an actor registered at Equity or US equivalent with the same first name last name so they have to use their middle name too or change their name entirely.

Examples. There are tons.

Jamie Lee Curtis
Evan Rachel Wood
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Haley Joel Osment
Jenna Louise Coleman

Exactly this.

I doubt their friends are using both names over coffee.

I doubt in real life their friends call them by those names , for many celebs / actors the names are invented anyway .

Neil Patrick Harris 😁

still havent heard of the people on your list.

Sarah Jane Smith 😉

This isn’t a new thing, OP.

YABU.
In Catholic countries it has always been quite common for two names to be used either with a hyphen or not.

Only times I've heard this IRL is when a child is being castigated. Or a very naughty dog who loves rolling in poo.

I was born in the late 70s and it was reasonably common at my (Catholic) primary and secondary schools. Ie:

• Mary Frances
• Mari Clare
• Sarah Jane
• John Paul

Definitely not a recent craze.

No different to John Paul or Sarah Jane surely? They’re pretty retro!

Jamie Lee Curtis is two surnames not two first names - her mother's surname is Leigh but as with most others on your list, it's about branding. There was probably another Michelle Geller etc when they started out.

Also Jenna Coleman doesn't go by Jenna Louise does she?

and what's the problem?

Pretend there's an hyphen and it's just one name if that helps you.

I've never heard of Jenna Coleman being called Jenna Louise.

I know of a few people you have names like Thingy Jane and use both

I thought Millie Bobby Brown just used the Millie bit because there are already several famous people called Bobby Brown .

What's the point in saying this?

I've never heard Jenna Coleman referred to as Jenna Louise. Although Google says her name is Jenna-Louise.

I work with someone who’s decided she wants both first names used now. And they don’t go together at all! Think Andrea-Clarissa. And if you miss out Clarissa she gets pissy.

I think we need more double barrelled names that sound like singular names - like St John. Such a cool name!

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