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 actually LOVE io i think it's unique and has meaning plus your child !

Hi ho silver!

Is your husband Elon Musk?

if you do insist on saddling your child with this name, please don’t use a hyphen, too.

I’ve surprised myself as I usually love unusual names.

Yes give her a double barrel then she can at least drop one.
Unique's all the rage these days.

Raped and then turned into a cow? 😳

Why does he want to saddle his daughter with the name again?

Ok. I think general consensus is no hyphen! Taken on board!

Io is a beautiful name. I think Io-Celeste is nice, but I think if it were me I would keep Celeste as a middle name and leave out the hyphen.

@RogersOrganismicProcess welcome to Greek mythology. As I said I have the name of a Greek goddess with a dark tale and my husband has a middle name from a tragic Greek mythology..
But my husband loves this name because of the moon and a personal story I won't detail here but involves that moon

Io looks like Lo. She'll be forever asked how to spell it or what it stands for (thinking it's her initials). She'll also be named after a girl who is raped and turned into a cow. That's unfortunate even by Greek mythology standards. Maybe keep Io as her middle name.

I’d go for Io and a second name without hyphen. She could still use both if she prefers (I know an Anna Maria who uses both her names although not hyphenated, she introduces herself that way and usually people follow), or, she can use one or the other.

Let io be a middle name

I love Iolanthe. Would he agree to that in hyphenated form? Although Mumsnet hate them, I have hyphenated hame and am always known by both parts.

@Cinai yes I think thats what I will do

Put your hands in the air and say eeey oh!

Please don't do this.

And my husband has the middle name of a Greek hero who died horribly lmao... this is the way with those names!

Now I’m curious. Agamemnon? Pentheus? Actaeon?

I know an Io, a girl who is about 10.

It's a nice name, imo, though unusual, and she gets called Ohio quite a lot.

If you have to have Io then definitely go for Io-Celeste. Then she can have the option of dropping the Io and being Celeste which is a beautiful name

I don't mind a double barrelled first name if it's not too much of a mouthful. I once knew a Stephanie-Maria which I actually think is beautiful but really long and she ended up being called Steph anyway 😂

@HuntingoftheSnark I LOVE Iolanthe! We almost called our older daughter that...
But as I said my husband is set on Io and its important to him. I did name our other two children and I do like Io so she will be called Io. I was just undecided about the hyphen but im now feeling like its not a good idea. I thought it might make the unusual name a bit more usual.. but people seem to be saying it would have the opposite effect.

I like Io Celeste without the hyphen.

Normally I have nothing against hyphenated names, but I think in this case the hyphen takes a lot of the pzazz away from both names.

@EmpressaurusOfCats I cant say because its too outing now that I've said the babys name.. how many families will there be out there with these names 🤣
It was funny at the wedding though as it got a laugh when the registrar read it out. Although his first name is quite out there too, not many people knew his middle name. Had my friends coming up to me at the reception saying how very him it was to have that as a middle name.

Thinking about it, I’m going for Orpheus.

I can imagine a couple thinking it’s romantic / music-related, without knowing he was eventually ripped to pieces.

I actually love the word Io and think it's beautiful but please think carefully. It isn't about what your husband has his heart set on because he likes space or whatever. Please ask yourself, very clear-eyed, do you honestly think it will be easy to live with Io day to day, spell it, introduce yourself, explain it again and again? If you're not sure then please reconsider.

Io Celeste is silly, sorry. You wouldn't call her Daisy Flower. Don't hyphenated it.

Jupiter has so many moons and satellites. There are some with much less out there names- Elara, Callisto(a), Thebe, Leda, Iocaste... I don't know the mythology behind them all. Suppose Jocasta is a colourful one but it's a known name.

It will be read 'Lo'.

I have a hyphenated first name. I was never called it as a child though and everyone assumes its my first and middle name. I don't have a middle name. I actually forget its even hyphenated til someone random calls me by it.
I know someone else with a hyphenated first name and everyone uses it. It depends how you introduce yourself as a child then adult.
Io-Celeste doesn't really flow imo as a singular name. Is there other names you'd consider or is it just deciding between hyphenated or first/middle names?
As its not pronounced how its spelt I don't think it sounds that short.

Hahahaha!

But seriously what about Iona instead?