I know double names are not the thing but...

[CheerfulYank]

I think Annie Rose is very pretty. Thoughts? Not preg, just asking. :) I'd like it short for something else, like Susannah Rose, etc.

Actually, I like double names under the right circumstances, and with the right combination... Especially if it is nn from a more formal name! This works! :)

Thanks! :) I just think it's rather pretty...

One of my favorite approaches to a name like this is to use a more formal name, and play of the meaning(s). For example, one of my favorite 1st/2nd name combos for a long time has been Abriella Chalina, nn Abbie Rose... "Chalina" means 'rose'!

My DS has a double name. If you like it then go for it.

My gt grandmother's sister was Annie-Victoria. I think that's a lovely name.

Have always liked Annie Rose since childhood thanks to Shirley Hughes.

sometimes a second soft name can reduce the impact of a harder first name
or vice versa eg katie morag
i know a margaret rose whichi think is lovely really makes margaret sound so much more gentle

I have a double barrelled name and so does DS2.

I love them.

I hate them. I have one, it sounds like an STD or embarrassing bowel problem.

Oh is Mitchiestinge your real name then??

Oldest DD was supposed to have one but exMIL always used the first name and that stuck for a bit, but DD started using the full version (no hyphen ever involved, just to reassure) in her late teens. It's a French name, two French names actually.

Sounds pretty math :)

It is pretty - and everyone will buy her the Alfie books every birthday for the first four years!

That's where I got it from! We don't have them here but I read one for the first time the other day.