Opinions on double barrelled first names

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My boyfriend really likes the name Chloe-Grey as a double barrelled first name but I'm not too sure. I wouldn't mind Grey as a middle name though.

I don't mind them but in reality the second name doesn't end up being used very often. I have a few friends with them and nearly always refer to them as the first name, along with everyone else. If you like it go for it, but be prepared it may end up shortened.

Just choose one name. It's easier at school and on forms and in the future.

I don't think it works really-sorry! I think she'll spend her life correcting people who think Grey is her surname!

It's quite difficult to say, doesn't run together well

I really don't like hyphenated names.

Not a great fan of two names, I don't mind a good classic of Sarah-Jane but the modern twists are not really for me.

Not keen on them

My DD2 is Lily Rose. No hyphen, but both are her first name.

I like them, depending on the names, but I don't like the hyphen.

I do agree that the second name doesn't get used much. We refer to ours as Lily or LR (initials) 90% of the time.

I agree that it sounds like her full name.
Also there is the association with a certain Mr Grey, I don't think your oh has thought find through.

Just use Grey as her middle name

Not a fan of the double barrelled first name. I like Chloe. I love Grey. I like Chloe with Grey as a middle name. But not Chloe-Grey.

Hate them personally, they are bearable when little but I find them quite ridiculous on an adult.

I despise double barrel names

Very chavvy

Always a mouthful

I'm sorry but they always remind me of the awful US term trailer trash.

Why two threads? Layla Grey is no better!

I think with a hyphenated name the second part needs to be clearly a first name, so Chloe-Anne Smith is ok, but Chloe-Grey Smith sounds like Chloe Grey-Smith or just Chloe Grey.

The only one I like is Mary-Jane. MJ for short. Spider-Man fan
We considered Mary Jane as a double middle name, but avoided it because of the marijuana links Other than that I like it.

Mary-Jane is well known slang for marijuana. Poor kid!

I have a hyphenated name, no middle name. I've never had any problems

I don't like them. Occasionally you hear one that is ok, but generally no. They're a bit pointless because the second bit always gets dropped eventually.

Chloe-Grey is awful because Grey is a surname.

My name is hyphenated but I only ever use it in full on certificates or job applications. Most people dont know it's hyphenated. I actually prefer the second part of my name to the first but I've always been called the first part so it would be weird to change now. Funnily enough my nickname has always been the (much longer) masculine version of the first part of my name.