Hyphenated first name or not?
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Hyphenated first name or not?
| Sat, 12-31-2005 - 10:34pm |
Hyphenated first name or not?
- yes
- no
- only with the right names
You will be able to change your vote.
| Sat, 12-31-2005 - 10:34pm |
I think this works with certain shorter names that go well together. The only ones I can think of offhand (other than the obvious Mary-Jo, Peggy-Sue, type names) would be maybe Ava-Claire or Mary-Claire, but there are plenty.
I wouldn't, however, hyphenate two longer names that might not sound as good together. I've seen lots of people do this for the simple reason of pleasing more than one family member (ie. using both mothers' names as the first name) or not being able to choose between two distinct names. For example, if my mother's name was Cynthia and my MIL was Evelyn, I wouldn't name my daughter Cynthia-Evelyn Rose Smith (or whatever), because the two don't sound good together at all.
What names did you have in mind? That might help with the voting ... at least give you a better idea of how those particular names sound together.
HTH!
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