Hyphenated first names?

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My DH chose the name for our baby who is due in 3 months. Its a name that has a lot of meaning to him and as I basically chose the names of our last two children (we agreed on them together and he likes them its just they were suggested by me) I think I want to use his chosen name for this child. However this name is only two letters.
The name is Io (eye oh) as in one of Jupiter's moons. My husband loves anything to do with space.
I just feel like Io is very short so I was considering hyphenating it with another more traditional name to make it longer?
I wondered what peoples thoughts were about this.... the name we would use is Celeste. So it would be Io-Celeste.
I've never actually met anyone with a double first name but I know they are common, lily Rose, Anne Marie, Lisa Marie, etc
Interested to hear peoples thoughts

I know someone with an uncommon hyphenated name. Most people assume it's her first and middle names.

I quite like Io on its own but be prepared for people thinking the first letter is a lowercase L.

How about Phoebe (moon of Saturn), Elara (moon of Jupiter), Andromeda (Anna) or Cassiopeia (Cassie)

I don't like hyphenated first names- people will drop the second one anyway!

I like Io. The only problem is that people might think it's Lo.....

Personally, the name Io reminds me of the Italian pronoun, but I think Celeste is a nice name that has been getting some attention on here lately. I've noticed that Hazel and Celeste have both been mentioned frequently - I wonder if they'll become the next big names like Luna. Also, just my personal preference, but I'm not a fan of hyphenated names.

Don't like Io, prefer Celeste but not mad about it.

@SkyePye I like all those names but my husband us set on Io. He calls her Io even now.
I dont really mind if people drop the second part of the name however I thought if she finds Io too wierd as a child she could easily use Celeste as it would also actually be her first name.
Yes it does look like Lo in print but I guess anyone who knows her and has heard her name will know its not. And obviously in handwriting at school it would not look like Lo.

Does your husband know why the moon’s called Io? The original Io was seduced by Zeus, after which Hera turned her into a cow.

Seduced being a polite euphemism for SA

I don’t like double barrelled first names, I think it sounds and looks silly. I think if you’re choosing an unusual name there’s no call to make it even more unusual by hyphenating. Just give her a reasonably usual middle name.

For what it’s worth I rather like Io, it’s short on paper but has no fewer syllables than Lucy or Lyra, and more than Jake or Mark. It sounds good.

Yes. Raped would be a better description but too late to edit.

Celeste is nice but Io is ridiculous and cruel and subjects your child to a lifetime of 'what?' 'How do you spell / say it?' 'Huh?' / confused looks. It looks like a typo. Hardly fair on a child.

She's going to spend her whole life saying it's not lo (low) it's eye oh
Don't make it worse by hyphenating just give her a sensible name to start with

My thought was the Italian phrase "Io sono", meaning "I am" pronounced e-o. Howecer, if the name Io is pronounced Eye-o, it brings to mind the phrase "I owe". So, when paired with Celeste, it gives off the impression of owing something to Celeste.

Do kids still play Old McDonald? Ee-I-Ee-I-O?

It’s a ok name. Better spoken than written. Like Ngaio pronounced Nye Oh. Would be massively made worse by hyphenating with something. Io-Celeste is awful to expect someone to call her so why do it?
In my line of work an IO is an immigration officer.

She's going to spend her whole life saying it's not lo (low) it's eye oh

Or over the phone how do you spell that? Indigo Oscar.
What does it stand for?

Op it sounds like you are calling her two letters. Why not call her actual names like Ivy Oliva that can get shortened to IO and gives her an option if she wants a name rather than initials

Sorry but it’s awful and hyphenated names are grim. You need to put your foot down.
Celeste is lovely.

Io isn’t great really, and hyphenating it would just make it even worse. I like the idea of Ivy Olivia (for example) with Io as a nickname.

Agree with posters saying he will be called Lo by mistake. I know a Iola, she's always being called Lola.

If hyphenated, I think Io would work better with another 1 syllable name than with a 2 syllable name like Celeste. With the right 1 syllable name could sound romantic. Just my opinion but with something like Celeste it makes it sound like a robot prefix like iOS, the latest Celeste edition in store now. Just to me though

Unless you're worried about its rising popularity...?

(Scottish stats)

How about Juno? She was the god Saturn's daughter...

Io is absolutely ridiculous, tell your husband to get a dog if he wants to name something after space! Would he not even be satisfied just having it as her middle name? A nickname maybe? Much more reasonable in my opinion

Celeste is beautiful, please just name her that and save her a lifetime of embarrassment having to spell/explain a name her dad somehow thought was a good idea at the time

Don’t do it. My mother cursed me with one. Since the age of four I’ve had to beg every official organisation from primary school to university, doctors and employers to not use the stupid name printed in my passport. It’s ridiculous and classless just like my mother.
the names she chose make me sound like my uncle, father and brother are all the same person too 😅 she’s a drunk and a fruitloop and it shows in my name. For the love of god imagine your child as an adult and not an extension of you or reflection of your creativity, as a barrister, pilot or headteacher, police sergeant or surgeon. Please select normal sounding names that fit a professional. If they want to unique and stand out, then that’s what fashion is for.

@SkyePye two in Scotland wow! Its on the up!!

Guys the name Io is not up for debate. That will be her first name.
Yes I'm aware of the Greek goddess. I am also named after a Greek godess with a dark story!! And my husband has the middle name of a Greek hero who died horribly lmao... this is the way with those names!

I was just wondering about hyphenating it with Celeste. That is what I was asking about. Husband is completely set on Io and I won't be 'putting my foot down' as I think its a beautiful name myself and it means something to me that he chose it.

And I wouldnt worry about bullying. I live in an area rife with quite out there names. In my daughters class there are two Ophelias, a Florian, an Atlas, a CeCe... one of my sons friends is called Lux. Thats his real name, Lux.
Io will be fine 😄

io- Celeste has got to be one of the most random names I’ve ever heard of.

really not a good choice