Using both first names all the time

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I blame Sabrina for starting this trend.

Melissa Joan Hart
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Millie Bobby Brown

It's everywhere now.

A lot of that will be down to other actors having the same or similar name.
Most aren't actually called by both names in day to day settings.
When I was a child (80s) there were an awful lot of Sarah Louise and Sarah Jane girls out there.
I didn't personally know any boys called John Paul but I know it was popular in that era.
Marie Claire was another one (and I doubt because of the magazine).
I remember a couple of boys called something like AJ and PJ so I assume they were short for a double name.
Hardly new.

Same i haven't traditional 70,s hyphenated name too and have always been known by both I'm 50 now.

If you read anything about Princess Margaret as a child she was always referred to as Margaret Rose and she was a child in the 1930s.

Well its her name ,wouldn't you object if people couldn't be arsed getting your name right ?

I know that in Denmark (and possibly other parts of the Nordic world!) double barrelled first names are common and it is definitely expected that you use both (e.g., Anna-Sofia etc)

If I suddenly changed it then no I wouldn’t get huffy if people didn’t perfectly remember. Because I’m not self centered

I miss that magazine!

And? The only thing you've achieved by your snotty remark, is to prove how ignorant you are! 🤷‍♀️

No point whatsoever! I never understand comments like this 🤷‍♀️

Double barrelled first names are very popular at the moment.
Craig Revell Horwood can be added to the list.
I think often it’s to make names sound more interesting.

Have you been living under a rock? Do you not watch any tv or movies?

I have a double barrel name, I am being called by my full name, plus the middle name when I was in trouble when I was a kid 😂

I am not sure about this thread.. you don't like a name, then just don't give it to your kid? Why does anyone care if it's a double barrel first name, or first name middle name?

Just don't try to shorten mine or only using half, that's just rude, that's not my name.

So who cares who you have heard of? Its hardly the point.

Jenna Coleman went by Jenna Louise Coleman when she was in Emmerdale but I don't think she does any more.

It is quite possible to watch plenty of TV and movies and be aware of completely different people to each other. I am sure I could name people you have never heard of, what does that prove? That we don't watch the same things. Big deal

Has anyone said Sarah Jessica Parker yet?!

Can’t see the problem.

They are using them as their stage name. I'm sure in real life their friends, family etc use one name

But why keep commenting that you've never heard of the people listed?

No but she was the first one that came to mind

I love it. I always used to think what's the point in having a middle name if you never use it, especially if it's a really nice middle name, or one that goes really well with the first name.

Mine’s hyphenated, I get called both once people know me, lots of mess ups when I’m introduced.

Sometimes famous people have names that, without the middle name, are hugely common. There are probably several thousand Sarah Parkers in the US alone, but not thousands of Sarah Jessica Parkers. The late Philip Seymour Hoffman was named just Philip Hoffman at birth and took his grandfather’s name as a middle name because there was another actor named Philip Hoffman.

I especially understand various Sarahs and Jennifers going by their whole names, because both those names were hugely popular for decades.

If you’re worried you’ll have to call Sarah Michelle Gellar by her full name when she invites you over for tea and buns, I wouldn’t give it too much headspace.

As others have said, it's not a new thing. I remember an Anne-Marie in primary school (80s) and a John-Paul.

My French 'Tricolore' text books from high school (early 90s) were full of Jean-Claudes, Jean-Pauls & Marie-Claires.

Sally Anne used to be a thing in the 60s. I wonder where they all went?