Annamaria

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Too much?

I prefer Annemarie

I like it because it is a family name so I grew up with positive associations about it, not this country though. She was rarely known by her full name and was called Mia for short.

I don’t like it.

And it’s not Spanish, the Spanish version is the hyphenated Ana-María.

Love it. I have a cousin with this name. It always struck me as a happy, sunny name.

I also love Annarose and Annarosa.

To use as a full name all the time I do think it's too much yes (5 syllables, I draw the line at 4 personally!)

I think it's fine if you're happy to shorten to Anna or Annie. If you wouldn't want to shorten it then I'd definitely go with Anne-Marie (or Anna-Marie if you must)

It's not hard for a child to learn to spell a long name, for those of you doubting this is possible.

I have two DDs with four syllable names and know several other children with names just as long, or even longer. They had no problems with spelling. Even children with initial problems soon learned. Children tend to have idiosyncratic spelling initially but only those with an issue with spelling/ writing in general tend to have longstanding problems spelling their own name.

I also know children with Spanish and Polish names who learned the spellings easily despite an English speaking school environment and different pronunciations of certain letters - J, X, W for example.

I would hyphenate - Anna-Maria (well I'd actually go Ana-Maria for cultural reasons)

I prefer just Maria personally. Otherwise, Anna Maria should be two separate names, but just say them altogether when you talk to/about her.

It's Italian, not Spanish. Fairly common in the over 50s, I have about 10 female colleagues called Annamaria. Coming from the days when all girls were named after the grandmother. Handy if one was Anna and one was Maria.
I don't know any that are younger than late forties.
I have a relative called that, but everyone just calls her Anna.