To hyphenate or not? Josy Rita

[thejustine]

We have just found out we are having a baby girl and have decided on the name Josy Rita after both our maternal grandmothers.

But we can't decide whether to have Josy (first name) and Rita (middle name) or to go Josy-Rita (first name) with no middle name??

Don't hyphenate, it doesn't really work.

Oh use josette. Such a beautiful name.

Ah, I didn't realise it was French, I take it back, but still no hyphen.

(my 'real names' hang up would still require 'Josette', which is a lovely name),

Don’t hyphenate.

However, whilst I can see that you want to honour your French grandmother if your child is going to be growing up here, then I would use the more usual English spelling of Josie, otherwise she will spend her life having to correct it - and believe me, it gets very old very quickly. If it didn’t have a known English equivalent I wouldn’t say this but as it does, I would.

Don't hyphenate. Josy is nice but Josette is even prettier.

I love the name Josette! I'd name her Josette Rita and use Josy as a nickname.

No hyphen

Yes josette is pretty. Hiw would you pronounce josy?

I like it. I don't really get this 'lifetime of correcting it' thing. I teach secondary and have loads of alternative spellings including 3 different versions of Kayleigh, 3 different spellings of Kayden, 2 different spellings of Chelsea and a Milly spelled Mileigh. I wouldn't bat an eyelid at Josy.

@LEMtheoriginal The French (proper) pronunciation would be Jo-zee but I expect most people will pronounce just like Josie or rhyming with Cosy which is how I say Josie anyway.

@GiveMyHeadPeaceffs I hadn't really thought of doing that :) good job I have until April to decide!

Josette is lovely. No hyphen.

@IHeartKingThistle I don't get it either!
My name is Justine which I don't even think is weird and yet I get called Justin probably once a week! It doesn't bother me at all, if people pronounce it wrong then so be it, move on with your day.

@thejustine I do make a point of making sure I have names right though. I do think people who repeatedly get names wrong are rude really!

Josette is just lovely and then the abbreviated version if you use it can be spelled however you wish.

No hyphen, but agree that Josette Rita (known as Josy) is better

For some reason Jody Rita doesn’t quite flow for me. Or maybe it flows a bit too much and sounds like one word ‘Josirita’ which reminds me of a biscuit brand or something.

Josette is beautiful so I would go for the full name Josette Rita and have Josy as the nickname.

Josette is gorgeous. I've never heard it before

Josette Rita, no hyphen, Josy for short.

Josette Rita “Josy”

Another vote for Josette Rita. Lovely name.

Josette is lovely

As someone who has a hyphenated name don’t do it. Some online forms still hate hyphens.

Another vote for Josette Rita

Josette is beautiful! I knew a Dutch woman called Josette and she was lovely so it has only good connotations for me

Another vote for Josette Rita here too. Lovely name, obviously french abd avoids the spelling dilemma.

Josette Rita.. no hyphen