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[AmberMai]

I really don't get why so many people don't like hyphenated names? I have one amber-mai and I love it I only go by amber usually but I love both.

I love hyphenated names .. I have a hyphenated name 'Kayla-Rose' to be honest I do get called Kayla 99.5% of the time but when that one little old lady who used to be your neighbour (or something like that) comes up and says 'hi Kayla-Rose' I love it! due my baby in 8 weeks time and for a boy I love 'Blake-Jasper Steven (after my dad) surname' haven't quite decided on a girl tho ☺️☺️ but it will probably be hyphened 😂xxx

@kaylanelson
I love that name I love it when my nana called me amber-mai or in school doing art and writing amber-mai in fancy handwriting with a pen, I'm having twins unsure on gender. I put up for one of the names Frances-Grace (Frances is close name my family and grace is a close name to my husband) and I've had nothing but bad words about it 😂xxx

I think it's because they've become very very common (in the sense of frequent) in the last decade, and people get bored of seeing the same thing all the time. Most hyphenated names for girls follow the same format of a two syllable first name hyphenated with either -Rose -May or -Grace. I don't hate hyphenated names at all, but I think it's time for something different.

@IVflytrap
When I was born they weren't as common as today, I'm open to suggestions what hyphenated girls names do I like better than may,rose,grace? X

I know a girl called Jade-Emma. When you say it it sounds like like Jaydemma, and I don't think it sounds pretty. Jade Emma is much nicer. She goes by Jade now.
If you like it Amber-Mai, then that's fine but you asked for opinions.

Because they’re always the same name being hyphened - Rose, May/Mai etc - they sound like the parents are trying really hard to be ‘different’ and unique when 5 kids in the class will probably have the same hyphened bit on their name, and everyone always just uses the first half of the name anyway so it’s pointless.

I hate them. Except Anne-Marie which is slightly more acceptable.

@MikeUniformMike
I know I did but nobody has a valid reason why they don't like it Frances-Grace sounds like Frances-Grace I really don't understand 😂

Knowledge is power. France is bacon.

@MikeUniformMike

Wtf u going on about 😂

I only like Anne-Marie as well.

And Sarah-Jane

I agree with pp, it's because it is always the same few names after the hyphen. I prefer more unusual names and there are so many lgs in my daughters nursery that are NAME - Rose/May that it puts me off.

It's an old joke. Don't worry about it.
Sarah-Jane is awful.

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/hyphen-names-2011.html

OP:

When I was young my father said to me:

"Knowledge is Power....Francis Bacon"

I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon".

For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the second part and what was the surreal linkage between the two? If I said the quote to someone, "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon" they nodded knowingly. Or someone might say, "Knowledge is power" and I'd finish the quote "France is Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd said something very odd but thoughtfully agree.
I did ask a teacher what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon" mean and got a full 10 minute explanation of the Knowledge is power bit but nothing on "France is bacon". When I prompted further explanation by saying "France is Bacon?" in a questioning tone I just got a "yes". at 12 I didn't have the confidence to press it further. I just accepted it as something I'd never understand.

It wasn't until years later I saw it written down that the penny dropped.

@upthewolves
I still really don't understand it but thanks 😂

If only I'd seen a list like that when I so boringly named DC.

Some of the names are hyphenated for a reason - The muslim names I think tend to be prefaced by a form of Abdul if the name is one of the names of Allah.
Is-Haaq or Ishaaq is the arabic form of Isaac, so not in the same league as Jai-Kub.

So is there any hyphenated names people like?

Lol! I think the point was that sometimes the hyphenated names can be misheard as in the jade-emma/ Jaydemma example above.

I have a friend called John-Paul which I quite like. I agree with others about the new trend of -may -rose -grace etc

@number1wang thank you an actual explanation! I understand it's each to their own really I think. Thank you x

I teach and there are quite a few hyphenated names so they can't be that unpopular! It does seem to be mainly the girls though. Recent ones are: Mary-Kate (I don't mind this, guess her parents were fans of the Olsen twins!), Anna-Louise (OK), Mya-Lily (sounds a bit clumsy to me), Daisy-May.
At the end of the day, go for names you like. I like lots of names that aren't to mumsnet tastes and there are some names I really dislike on here that are often referred to as 'timeless classics' and so forth. To each their own!

I genuinely think this is one of those things like marmite. Some people love hyphenated names, others can’t abide them. But neither side can explain exactly why any more than people can explain why they do or don’t like marmite. You just do or don’t and neither is right or wrong.

For the record I like marmite and dislike hyphenated names. But I respect with any hyphenated name I come across that it was chosen carefully and with a great deal of love by that person’s parents and that’s all that matters, right?

@KnickersOnTheLine @KatnissK
People who talk sense!
Thank you 😂 I work with police so unlike teaching I don't really get to find out what names are popular at the moment sadly!
I'm really at a loss at the moment with names do you know any other popular names I don't really want my kids having popular names x