hyphenated boys name

[petpuddle]

So we have two adopted DCs who both have hyphenated names.
We usually refer to them by their first name because we prefer it as their full hyphenated names are a bit of a mouthful.

Now I am pregnant and we are looking at names and we are pondering a hyphenated boys name but haven't found one we love so far.

So please give me your best hyphenated boys name.

Jean-Baptiste

I know / have heard of a:
John-Paul
Barry-John
Jamie-Ray
Anthony-James
Billy-Bob

No reason you need to follow the example, is there?

No reason as such we may not use a hyphenated name at all but we wanted to explore it a bit first.

Tommy-Lee
John-Anthony
Billy-Ray
Charles-Lee
Fred-James

General rule is a short name often a nickname as the first part of the name and a typical middle name for the second part works.

Congratulations :)

Peter James

Sorry, that should be

Peter-James

John-Luke

Peter James is a very good one, and PJ is cute :)

In fact, most boys names work with James tagged on! TJ, MJ etc.

I knew a little boy called Jonathan Jack (they used both names, but I don't think it was hyphenated). Sometimes his parents called him Jonny Jack. When he went to 2ry, he became JJ to his friends, Jonathan or JJ to the staff, and stayed Jonathan Jack at home.

I'm normally not a huge fan of hyphenated names, but in your case I think it's a lovely idea.

If my eldest two DCs had hyphenated names but were known mostly by their first, then it would seem only right for my third to have the same.

I think Jack, John or James work well as the second half of the name. The first part depends on your tastes. For me, it would be something like;

Thomas-Jack (Tom or TJ)
Matthew-James (Matt, Matty or MJ)
Arthur-John (Art, Arty or AJ)

There are definitely possibilities. Congratulations BTW .

I think I would just lose the hyphens.

Jimmy-John
Donald-Paul
Thomas -James
Stewart-James
Ruaraidh-John
Rory-John

I'm not a fan of hyphenated names but I like John-Paul. I've met a couple and they are both known as JP

I like john-paul - was quite popular in Ireland in 80's as all the mammy's called their sons after the pope

I also know a couple who used both their name Patrick(male version of Patricia) and john to call their son patrick-john known as PJ

or daniel-james known as Dan danny Daniel or DJ

could name him sean-paul

A quick google reveals top hyphenated boys names for 2013

TYLER-JAMES

TOMMY-LEE

RILEY-JAMES

ALFIE-JAMES

TYLER-JAY

RILEY-JAY

HARVEY-LEE

ABDUR-RAHMAN

ALFIE-LEE

JAYDEN-LEE

OLIVER-JAMES

CHARLIE-JAMES

HARLEY-JAMES

HARLEY-JAY

JOHN-PAUL

JOSHUA-JAMES

ABU-BAKR

JACOB-JAMES

JAYDEN-JAMES

JOHN-JAMES

These ones are labelled 'more quirky' on the same website

Aeren-A'ter
Argyll-Sutherland
Bernard-Che
Bien-Zachary
Jaero-Drake
Kenzie-J
King-David
King-Enoch
Ledley-Lee
Magnus-Mackenzie
Moray-Geo
Oakley-Blue
Xander-Wolfgang
Zion-Benjamin

Peter - Joseph

or

Joseph - Peter

But why bother with a hyphen? What's the point of it? Either you say both names, or as OP says if it's too much of a mouthful you just say the first name. Either way the hyphen makes no difference.

Jon-Joe
Jon-Paul

John-Paul is the only one I could face?

But it depends - are you double barrelling and then just using the first name as you do with your other ds's? In which case, the field is wide open?

I do know of an instance where a boy has an Italian mother and a Welsh father and has a hyphenated name which combines both hertiages. Think Gian-Dafydd (but not that as the kid's name is a one-off!) - could you do something like that?

I like John-Patrick

Matthew-Paul

Argyll-Sutherland sounds like a football match.