Mary-Kate

[PaulaHollywood]

I know a lot of people will immediately think "and Ashley" but to be honest that doesn't really bother me. I don't think of the Olsen twins in any negative way and it's not like anyone of DD's generation will know who they are.

So what are some honest opinions? I have a feeling it won't be popular on here! But I've loved it since I was young and it's always sort of stuck in my head. My other 2 favourite names are Emilia and Emma, but part of me thinks that if I chose either of them it would deep down be because I was anxious of what people would think of Mary-Kate and not want the negativity from it.

I think its really nice!

I really like Emma 😊
Tbh to me, mary-Kate seems like a name ud hear in the play boy mansion!
Especially with the hyphen. Mary as a stand alone name, to me, seems like a name tht would suit all ages much better

I also think of 'The Waltons' - it's a bit "goodnight John-Boy"

Emilia is lovely though

Love the names Mary and Kate but not with the hyphen. First name Mary middle name Kate is lovely.

Agree it is nice, but don't like hyphens. You can still say the whole name together without having to use a hyphen.

I like it. Even with the hyphen.

Your daughter - you give her the name you love !

Lovely 😀

I think if Mary-Kate and Ashley were going to be forgotten, they would've been now. They're like Paris Hilton: not relevant, but not fading from peoples' memories either.

So, I don't like it. I like Mary with the middle name Kate, however.

I prefer Mary Katherine or Mary Kate.

But it's your daughter, so, go for the name you love :)

Really like t
Traditional sweet and unusual

I like it.

I think people called Mary-Kate would traditionally have been called Mary Katherine/Catherine etc, but called the double name to differentiate them from all the other people called Mary (when it was a very popular name). Would you consider doing that, but call her Mary-Kate?

Mary-Kate and Ashley movies are great for sleepovers for 8 ish year olds.

The Olsen connotation is not a problem. They were cute child actors and are now willowy fashion designers like Victoria Beckham. Not a negative vibe at all.

I think that the name is a great combination of unusual and classical. Only avoid if Ashley is a middle name or surname.Otherwise very classy.

it could be worst my mother almost called my sister sister mary jane before she realised its a drug nickname .I think its fairly nice but here is the name meaning it means the child you wish for,rebellion and bitter the name kate means to be pure

It's very American Catholic.

I like it, but I'd use it without the hyphen, or short for Mary Katherine

I massively don't like hyphenated names, so not a fan. Love the name Mary on its own though.
I wouldn't have given the Olsen twins a thought to be honest though which is I think your main reason for asking..

I've grown to love compound names (like Marie-Claire, Annalisa, Rosangela) maybe because I have one. They offer a bit of versatility at least!

Mary is nice. Can't stand hyphenated first names.

thanks everyone
I'm not usually keen on hyphenated names either. I just worry that if I don't use the hyphen, people will just assume she is Mary. I went to school with a Laura May which was her full first name. When she first joined that is how she introduced herself but since there was no hyphen a lot of people seemed to forget and teachers etc would see her name and assume she was "just" Laura. Since she was new I think she was too shy to keep correcting people. So at school she was always Laura. It wasn't until I was invited to her house one day that I realised that Laura May was actually her full first name!

Some hyphen names don't seem to bother me as much. I know two ladies called Anna-Lisa and I've never really given the hyphen a second though. To be blunt (and sorry if it offends anyone), it's the -Rose, -Mae, -Grace that I'm not keen on.. I think Mary-Kate has a slightly different feel to those names but I'm sure that's my own personal bias.

I definitely have to think about it a bit more! Thanks for all the input :)

Mary-Kate Danaher is a character in John Ford's film, The Quiet Man, played by Maureen O'Hara - feisty and beautiful! It was my granda's favourite film, and Mary-Kate was on my list for a girl.

It's a great name! The French seem to cope just fine with hyphenated names. Like your friend Laura I ended being known by the first part only, even though mine are squished together but that's fine because the whole thing has about a million syllables unlike Mary-Kate which is lovely.