Love this list! I’d love for you to make a video in the future about element themed baby names (earth, wind, fire, water)! I have an Aidan (little fire), and a Maxwell (little water) and I’m looking for inspiration for baby # 3!
i wouldn’t recommend using the initials OJ in the US as it definitely makes us think of a certain individual you might not want your baby associated with 😂
I’ve been thinking about this! I love the names Oliver and Oakley and there are so many great J middle names. But this thought was bothering me about OJ... so it’s good to know I’m not the only one! 😂
My sister just had her baby girl & named her MILLIE JAMES 🤍 My grandma’s name is Mildred & goes by Millie & my father is James! She goes by MJ! Millie is getting very popular in the U.S. but the combination is very unique & cute. Double-barrel names are big in the southern US! I have a Lucy Sue & a Dixie May (my dog!) Thanks for a fun video, SJ!
Rosie Verdini Millie Violet awww what a sweet name too! They were considering also doing Juliet as a middle name, & changed it, but how pretty is Millie James Juliet?!
I am from the southern United States and double barrel names are insanely popular, or at least we're in previous generations. My great grandmother was Mary Etta, my grandma was Ethel Mae, her daughter (my aunt) was Rose Marie, and my cousins are Ruby Belle and Bobbi Jo. So many fun combos!
I LOVE double barrel names, thank you for the video!!! I have had double names picked out for my future kids for years!!! Everything is better in twos!
Love all of these! I've always thought Rae is perfect for a second spot, Josie-Rae is my favorite! Thanks for always brightening my Monday SJ❤️ And I'd love to see a Hawaiian name list!
@@SJ_Strum I literally made up my second daughter's name and it's impossible to find online so I was curious how you would research for that video. You ALWAYS have the best ideas!
I’ve always thought Briar -Blue is adorable!! But my dads name is Zane which I think works as a similar one to James. So my favourite names I see how they go with his name as a middle. But Florian Zane sounds so handsome to me!
Fun fact! In my country a baby's "middle name" is always their father's name, so siblings, regardless of their gender, share the same (usually masculine) middle name. For example, my brother, sister and I have the same middle name: Armen, which is our father's name.
My friend's family does that, but only for the first born son. So his father's name is Robert, so he is David Robert and his first son is Micah David. Also, I have my mothers middle name, and my son has his father's middle name.
I always like the name Melissa but it became popular real fast that it's not heard that much anymore. My girls are named Autumn Rose and Ashlee Margaret. Sometimes we use Ashlee Margaret as a double barrel.
My daughters names (Ive got four 😅) are: Skyla Ella-Noura Rose Jelena Aponi Lily Gabriela Aracelli Daisy Layla Grace Jasmine It may sound a little wild but i wanted all my girls names to end in a, and i also wanted them to have something else in common so i came up with them all having flour themed second middles names, i love their names so much :) (Also i just wanna add, “Aponi” means butterfly thats why i chose it 🤍🦋)
I love Jane Austen so, so much, so I think it’d be cool to flip it and name my daughter Austen-Jane and call her AJ. Now I just need to talk my partner into it 😊
I’m pregnant with my first and plan on actually using a more popular name in the middle spot. There are a lot of names I like but wouldn’t use as the first name because they are too popular. Putting those names in the middle spot could still allow me to use a popular name without having it as the first name :)
I'd love to see a "holiday-inspired" list thinking about traditional holidays or special things about each month. Like if your little one was unexpectedly born on a holiday how you could honour that! Like Noël for a Christmas baby for example. We're due on Valentine's Day and looking for a way to maybe incorporate that! PS. Our girl is "AJ" short for Annabella-June ❤
I’m due December with my first baby 👶🏻 We are going with Freya for her first name but I’m so torn between two middle spot names and they were both in this video! Joy was my mother’s middle name who passed away coming up to three years ago and I also love Wren due to the nature/winter link and just think it sounds like a little fairy name! Freya Wren🧚♀️ or Freya Joy 💛 both go with her surname 😫 naming a human is tough business 😂xx
I love the sound of both! I think naming her Freya Joy would be really special. This year, I gave birth to twin girls and I wasn’t solid on one twin’s name, but when I met her and got to know her, I knew what fit best. Congratulations and good luck 💕
If you give someone a double barrelled name, do you think they should be known by it? My niece is Lyla-Rose but she’s only ever known as Lyla. So it seems pointless? I like double barrelled names and love using them as a full name. What does everyone else do?
I had a baby girl this past April. Her name is Cecily Joy, Joy for my mom whose name is Joyce. We get so many compliments on joy as a middle name, and it helped make her more unusual first name more grounded
I have a double-barreled name: Mary Catherine. If I have a son he will be Oliver Bright, after a family member named Benjamin Bright -- another name I love!
I'm currently in the process of choosing my own middle name and it's such fun but also wow it can be tricky. I feel like finding one name that goes with your surname is relatively easy but you then have to find something that fits with both the first and surname so this video was super helpful. I love Alethea and Layne!
Hola!!! I'm Spanish and married to an English man and I love love love the idea of double-barrel names... hence my children are Ian-James and Emma-Rose, both with the most popular second name! Love your videos!!! Besos from Barcelona!
My aunt is Sarah Jane but Jane is her middle name and she goes by Janie. My niece is Adela Rose. I have several family members with double names (first & middle) Beth Ann-Marie, Brooke'Lynn Jade, Misty Lee Ann, Anne Drew Hope, MaryLynn Marie, Landon-Lane Frost, Jamie-Lynn Marie, Russell Jerrell Loren (RJ) & Cinnamon DayLee (also we have Hattie Belle, Ora Bell, Bennie Lee (girl), Mary Angeline, Mary Geneva, Mary Georgiann, Catherine May Wilma & Johnnie Mae
Please can someone comment on if you like the name Posy/Posie? I have loved the name since a little girl and reading the book Ballet Shoes but husband hates it! Anyone think it works well for a middle name e.g. Sylvie Posy? Wonder if it's too many "ee" sounds?
My little girl is called Clara Beaux ♥️ Got the name Clara from your historical women through history list and fell in love with it immediately and now have bay no2 on way and love lots and lots of out there names so I shall update when he/she is here x
Double barrelled names were so unique when I was growing up, I rarely came across them. I remember a girl at my school had a double barrelled name and her name was Levi-jazz. I think with a name like that it automatically put her in the cool girl list!
Aw, this so interesting! I like the modern approach you took with it, but I’ve also always loved the traditional French double barrel names, like Henri-luc, Jean- Christophe, or Jacque-Michel. They’re so classy, I think.
My middle name is Eleanor. My friend has a little theory that a lot of people have “old lady” middle names, because in our friend group we have Eleanor, Ann, Rosie, Margaret... Her grandmas are called Eleanor and Ann so I suppose her theory might have something to it. My sister is called May, because my parents wanted to use it as a middle name but they couldn’t think of a first name so they just used May as her first name.
I love the name Aurora-Rose Garnet and Marilla-Zinnia Violet so gorgeous I can't. For boys Michael-John Blu and Leonardo-James Emerald. I love barrel names and middle names that are colorful. It adds a unique and modern flair. I love them it's perfect!
Loved this! We did something like this with our daughter, choosing a classic name with a more masculine sounding middle. Her name is Isabel Andie Andie is after my sister Andrea. So it was a cool way to connect them with a twist;)
OMG I've literally had Olivia Cove as my #1 daughter name for such a long time!! Still in love with it❤️❤️ My thought process was the following: I was obsessed with olivia but so is everyone so I wanted to transform it into something more unique. I then discovered the name Cove through Aspyn Ovard's baby girl and fell in love but on the other hand, it was too out there for me so I decided to try different combinations and Olivia Cove was PERFECT 😍 unique but known and it flows so beautifully together!!! Ugh I just adore it😆😆😆
Other name combinations I love are: Allegra Haven Emma Dae Lucas Finnian Hugo Sawyer As you can see my taste is pretty much just common first names to avoid spelling problems with the uniqueness of original middle names that are a little out there but still not too rare to add some personality🥰🥰🥰
I’m due in December with my first daughter! She’s my rainbow 🌈 I have a son named Kaius. My husband wants something Norwegian or the name Katherine or Liv. I like softer whimsical names like Alora or Arwen. Any suggestions for a compromise??
Friends have a Joy-Taylor, a Naomi-Raye, a Payton-Faye (Naomi & Payton are twins), and an Aliza-Zames. It’s a very southern thing in the US to do the double/ hyphenated name.
I had an EmmaRose in my Sunday School class I volunteered in yrs ago. I loved the name so much I suggested it for my baby sister when my stepmom was pregnant with her! (They weren’t really going for a double-barrel name though, so they just did Emma as a stand alone first name & ended up choosing Louise as a middle name. I was also only suggesting Rose as the middle pairing for Emma since they knew they were going to use it.) But I can see how her name could still be a double-barrel name unintentionally!
I was looking for names for my Sims and found your channel, I'm loving it! In Brazil we don't really have middle names, but a lot of people use double-barrel names without the hyphen. The most common names are João (which could be translated for John), and Maria e Ana for girls. In my family we have a John (João) Victor, John Arthur and a John Pedro (but there are many other combinations). And for girls we have Maria Victoria, Maria Julia, Ana Clara...
In America (specifically the south) double names are very popular, some with or without the hyphen. One thing I hear a lot is very (almost overly) common boys names being combined with either a girl's name or another boy's name to turn it into a girl's name. Names like Bobby-Jo, Emmy-Lou, Betty-Lou. We also like to use surnames as the second half of a double name, like Sarah-Gordon. Lots of double names for boys that really sound like a first and last name, rather than just a first name.
Rae and Raye are really popular 2nd names in my area right now. My youngest is called Leanna-Raye. My hubby calls her L-Raye as a nickname, I pretend to hate it but secretly love it L-Raye
I had a dream once that i had a daughter and called her Summer. I made her middle name Phoenix. But i love it as a double barrelled name. So i love Summer-Phoenix.
I LOVE the following names: Accasia Marie Luka Finn Ellis Audley (yes, oddly but I LOVE the spelling) Sebastian Gray My name is Kayra (like Kayla but with an r) I want to name my first son Milo Dean Martin (my partners last name) it just sounds very classic!
My sister has a preschooler named Ada James. Her husband told his brother Jim, "I named my baby after you!" When he found out it was a girl with a middle name James, he was less excited lol. Also, I have a friend whose son is named Clark Wade, and she calls him CW. It sounds like a mouthful, but I have a soft spot for that nickname CW. Maybe Carter-Winston. Otherwise I would love to use Ambrose, maybe with an Arabic name: Ambrose-Khalil or Ambrose-Samir. Great video, thanks!
Absolutely love this list!💕 Love playing around with different sets of names! Currently my favorites are: Reese-Wren Peigi-Anne Rory-Jo (Lorelai-Jo) Jonah-Jesse Drew-Finch Reed-Wilbur Philip-Shepard (P.S) What do you guys think of the combos? 😊
Im french, and for men, many of them have a double name starting with "Jean" most of the time. One of my friends is Called "Jean-Thomas" and we always call him JT, which is so cool.
The first thing I thought of to go with Olivia was Olivia-Jade...and then you went into colors right after! Also, you mentioned going more traditional with first and less traditional with middle. We did the opposite with my daughter, Samara Grace
I just had my baby girl two weeks ago and she’s called Stevie Lou (her dads middle name is Louis -pronounced like Lewis)💗
Oh wow!! Huge congrats and I love that combination!!! Xxxxx
Omg I loooove her name!!!
I absolutely love that!
Adorable Stevie is Literally my favorite girl name
Oh, that is SO cute!!
My husband suggests a "Bad guys, good names" list. Like villains from books/movies/shows with cool names!
I would love to see that too.
Yes!!! That would be awesome!
For women as well!! I adore the name Ursula even though it is the name of a Disney villain
I believe shes done this or something very similar
Sj you should do decades like popular names from each decade to see
I would love this
Yes lots are quite similar! But it’s so interesting to see the fashions change x
phantomvampyress shadowkissed
In my year at school it was michelle, Karen, lisa, Sharon, Nicola, Samantha, Amanda, Andrea, louise, Suzanne, Victoria, Joanne, Sarah, Steven, Simon, Neil, Robert, Richard, Wayne, Kevin, John, Edward, James, Stuart, Colin, Carl, Jonathan, Darren, Michael, mark, paul, lee, Ian.
I’m a UK 70s kid
In my year it was my name jennifer,Jessica, Tiffany, Stephanie, Nicole, Julie, erica, Crystal, Heather, Christina, Kristen, Amanda,
@@ANNtique Yeah I left school in 1989 aged 16, so these sound very familiar to me. Also in UK
Maybe you could do a video of names for people who are less adventurous but still want something unique?
Yes I’ve done a few traditional but special name lists - it’s like a ‘sweet spot’ name isn’t it xxx
I had my little boy in April and we called him Erik Orion, our little Viking star-gazer. We love it!
We have a Luna Rae, our little "moon beam" which really matches her wild toddler personality! Love your outfit in this video SJ, you look so pretty!
SJ, you should do bilingual names! Names that sound good in English and another language while keeping the same spelling.
Love this list! I’d love for you to make a video in the future about element themed baby names (earth, wind, fire, water)! I have an Aidan (little fire), and a Maxwell (little water) and I’m looking for inspiration for baby # 3!
I also have an Aidan... love its meaning !
Great idea!
Avani or Hamish. Org mean earth
Typo. Both mean earth
@@jillthespy9750 Hamish works well 👍
I’m obsessed with Wylde for a girl. I started loving it while hoping Kim Kardashian would name one of her daughters Wylde West.
OMG that would be an AMAZING Name!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
oh my god wylde west
I'm on to that name too! My mom got into genealogy and found one of our male ancestors was named John wild. I love it lol.
as a non-native english speaker, it messes with my head when i try to pronounce it🙈😂
My youngest niece is Harmony Joy. Love her name. She's a bubbly, happy little toddler. :)
My little sister passed away 7 years ago. Her name was Rachel but I always called her Rae.
If I have a daughter: Adelaide Rae nicknamed Addie Rae.
i wouldn’t recommend using the initials OJ in the US as it definitely makes us think of a certain individual you might not want your baby associated with 😂
I’ve been thinking about this! I love the names Oliver and Oakley and there are so many great J middle names. But this thought was bothering me about OJ... so it’s good to know I’m not the only one! 😂
Whos OJ
@@aprilnewton_x if you just type OJ into google you’ll find out straight away! Basically, OJ Simpson.
@@bethanybrasse5353 ok thx
My sister just had her baby girl & named her MILLIE JAMES 🤍 My grandma’s name is Mildred & goes by Millie & my father is James! She goes by MJ! Millie is getting very popular in the U.S. but the combination is very unique & cute. Double-barrel names are big in the southern US! I have a Lucy Sue & a Dixie May (my dog!) Thanks for a fun video, SJ!
Omg I’m obsessed 😍
i love it
My sister in law also had a dog named Dixie May and I know someone who named her daughter that too
How pretty. I have a Millie Violet with a “V” surname...kind of rolls of the tongue when you say it together 😍
Rosie Verdini Millie Violet awww what a sweet name too! They were considering also doing Juliet as a middle name, & changed it, but how pretty is Millie James Juliet?!
I am from the southern United States and double barrel names are insanely popular, or at least we're in previous generations. My great grandmother was Mary Etta, my grandma was Ethel Mae, her daughter (my aunt) was Rose Marie, and my cousins are Ruby Belle and Bobbi Jo. So many fun combos!
I LOVE double barrel names, thank you for the video!!! I have had double names picked out for my future kids for years!!! Everything is better in twos!
Can you do a ballet inspired name list?
Please
I gave birth to my rainbow baby girl exactly 8 weeks ago today. Arabella Everly (middle name definitely inspired by your channel! 💗) x
Oh wow!!!! Two of my fave names 🧡🧡🧡🧡 huge congrats hon xxxx
SJ Strum 😘
Congratulations! And such a beautiful name you chose.
Congratulations on the baby. Such a cute name
Love all of these! I've always thought Rae is perfect for a second spot, Josie-Rae is my favorite! Thanks for always brightening my Monday SJ❤️ And I'd love to see a Hawaiian name list!
id love a hawaiin list too !!
Oh yes Hawaiian names!!! I read them so often as they have gorgeous meanings 😍
For the next list how about unranked baby names
How would you even go about that? Curious
The Stripper Life Of Piper good question have no idea. Other option is animal baby names
@@gracea8196 love that idea! Love them both tbh but idk how the first could be done was all
I’ve done a couple of made up names! That’s a few months ago and was really good xxx
@@SJ_Strum I literally made up my second daughter's name and it's impossible to find online so I was curious how you would research for that video. You ALWAYS have the best ideas!
My son is Sullivan James. So he’s Sully James. It’s his middle, not double barrel but it’s such a cute combo. Obviously I’m biased though ☺️
That is really cute!
We have a Sullivan James in our family who also goes by Sully! He is such a hilarious kid who always brings a smile😊
Or Ivan!
amy t well our dog’s name is Ivan. Didn’t realize that one until after he was born. 🙈
like the character from monsters inc?
I’ve always thought Briar -Blue is adorable!! But my dads name is Zane which I think works as a similar one to James. So my favourite names I see how they go with his name as a middle. But Florian Zane sounds so handsome to me!
Oooh I love Florian Zane - gorgeous x
Fun fact! In my country a baby's "middle name" is always their father's name, so siblings, regardless of their gender, share the same (usually masculine) middle name. For example, my brother, sister and I have the same middle name: Armen, which is our father's name.
My friend's family does that, but only for the first born son. So his father's name is Robert, so he is David Robert and his first son is Micah David. Also, I have my mothers middle name, and my son has his father's middle name.
My middle name is Rose and my sister's middle name is Mae! Funny to hear that they are so popular for double-barrel names!
My middle name is Rose too and most of my extended family has always called me by both for as long as I can remember!
My sister is Ash-Leigh Rose. They are pretty common
Ahhh really 😍
Cool so many of my family have middle name rose
I always like the name Melissa but it became popular real fast that it's not heard that much anymore. My girls are named Autumn Rose and Ashlee Margaret. Sometimes we use Ashlee Margaret as a double barrel.
My daughters names (Ive got four 😅) are:
Skyla Ella-Noura Rose
Jelena Aponi Lily
Gabriela Aracelli Daisy
Layla Grace Jasmine
It may sound a little wild but i wanted all my girls names to end in a, and i also wanted them to have something else in common so i came up with them all having flour themed second middles names, i love their names so much :)
(Also i just wanna add, “Aponi” means butterfly thats why i chose it 🤍🦋)
I love Jane Austen so, so much, so I think it’d be cool to flip it and name my daughter Austen-Jane and call her AJ. Now I just need to talk my partner into it 😊
Oh wow that would be incredible! What a brilliant idea!!!! Xxxx
As a girl named Austin, I wholeheartedly support this! We need more girl Austins out there LOL!
I hope you get agreement! 😊
Oh my gosh! I'm immediately adding this to my favorites list! 💖
love it!
I’m an Isabel-Jude! Never really hear Jude that often from anyone else❤️x
Wow it’s brilliant!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
My daughter is Emmett Jude ❤️
That's a beautiful name
Hello fellow Izabel :)
Pearl-Anne has been on my list for years as it brings in both my grandma's names
Oh my goodness this outfit is too adorable on you!!
I’m pregnant with my first and plan on actually using a more popular name in the middle spot. There are a lot of names I like but wouldn’t use as the first name because they are too popular. Putting those names in the middle spot could still allow me to use a popular name without having it as the first name :)
Yes that’s a really good way of doing it xx
That's exactly how we think about it.. My daughters names are Liv Chiara and Ria Sophie :)
@@swneindanke6636 that is adorable
I'd love to see a "holiday-inspired" list thinking about traditional holidays or special things about each month. Like if your little one was unexpectedly born on a holiday how you could honour that! Like Noël for a Christmas baby for example. We're due on Valentine's Day and looking for a way to maybe incorporate that!
PS. Our girl is "AJ" short for Annabella-June ❤
I’m due December with my first baby 👶🏻 We are going with Freya for her first name but I’m so torn between two middle spot names and they were both in this video! Joy was my mother’s middle name who passed away coming up to three years ago and I also love Wren due to the nature/winter link and just think it sounds like a little fairy name! Freya Wren🧚♀️ or Freya Joy 💛 both go with her surname 😫 naming a human is tough business 😂xx
Angharad Price I would go with Freya Joy in honor of your mom. I think it flows really well & I can bet your mom would very much approve! 😉
Both such lovely options! I can see why you're so torn!
I love the sound of both! I think naming her Freya Joy would be really special. This year, I gave birth to twin girls and I wasn’t solid on one twin’s name, but when I met her and got to know her, I knew what fit best. Congratulations and good luck 💕
Tara Gelhaus thank you 🥰🥰
Elle it’s so hard! Xx
I can not get over how adorable the name Ophelia-August sounds!
If you give someone a double barrelled name, do you think they should be known by it? My niece is Lyla-Rose but she’s only ever known as Lyla. So it seems pointless? I like double barrelled names and love using them as a full name. What does everyone else do?
I had a baby girl this past April. Her name is Cecily Joy, Joy for my mom whose name is Joyce. We get so many compliments on joy as a middle name, and it helped make her more unusual first name more grounded
It’s perfect! Joy just completes it so well xxxx
My baby girl is Eden Wynn.
Wynn is my grandmother’s middle name
Looking for a GN middle name for Flynne
Olivia-Poppy
Amelia-Robin
Isla-Faye
Ava-Kate
Mia-Erin
Isabella-Willow
Sophia-Marie
Grace-Alice
Lily-Louise
Freya-Primrose
Oliver-Luke
George-Elliott
Noah-Louis
Arthur-Otto
Harry-Felix
Leo-Scott
Muhammad-Reign
Jack-Stephen
Charlie-Quinn
Oscar-Teddy
I have a double-barreled name: Mary Catherine. If I have a son he will be Oliver Bright, after a family member named Benjamin Bright -- another name I love!
My mom is mary ann
I knew a Mary Grace who went by MG.
I’d love a Welsh names list! I have a Welsh name and would love to hear some more
I'm currently in the process of choosing my own middle name and it's such fun but also wow it can be tricky. I feel like finding one name that goes with your surname is relatively easy but you then have to find something that fits with both the first and surname so this video was super helpful. I love Alethea and Layne!
Hola!!! I'm Spanish and married to an English man and I love love love the idea of double-barrel names... hence my children are Ian-James and Emma-Rose, both with the most popular second name! Love your videos!!! Besos from Barcelona!
My aunt is Sarah Jane but Jane is her middle name and she goes by Janie. My niece is Adela Rose. I have several family members with double names (first & middle) Beth Ann-Marie, Brooke'Lynn Jade, Misty Lee Ann, Anne Drew Hope, MaryLynn Marie, Landon-Lane Frost, Jamie-Lynn Marie, Russell Jerrell Loren (RJ) & Cinnamon DayLee (also we have Hattie Belle, Ora Bell, Bennie Lee (girl), Mary Angeline, Mary Geneva, Mary Georgiann, Catherine May Wilma & Johnnie Mae
Please can someone comment on if you like the name Posy/Posie? I have loved the name since a little girl and reading the book Ballet Shoes but husband hates it! Anyone think it works well for a middle name e.g. Sylvie Posy? Wonder if it's too many "ee" sounds?
I think Primrose with the nickname Posie works really well! So Primrose Sylvia or Sylvia Primrose and then you could just choose between the names
@@elinesa thank you! Yes I hadn't considered primrose but could work really well
my sisters friend is called ollie-mae , I love it ❤️
Oh wow that’s perfect isn’t it!
@@SJ_Strum would love you to mention it in a video!!❤️
That’s my grandmas name.
My little girl is called Clara Beaux ♥️
Got the name Clara from your historical women through history list and fell in love with it immediately and now have bay no2 on way and love lots and lots of out there names so I shall update when he/she is here x
In the south (US), double-barrel names overwhelmingly start with Mary. Mary Katherine, Mary Carole, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Bass, Mary Macy, etc
This was my FAVORITE video you've made all of the names are gorgeous-- love!
I have SO many students with the middle name Rae. It’s definitely becoming the new Rose around here.
We went for “Boyd”
Which is my husbands granny’s surname so went with that as it goes well with Lyle Boyd
Double barrelled names were so unique when I was growing up, I rarely came across them. I remember a girl at my school had a double barrelled name and her name was Levi-jazz. I think with a name like that it automatically put her in the cool girl list!
Aw, this so interesting! I like the modern approach you took with it, but I’ve also always loved the traditional French double barrel names, like Henri-luc, Jean- Christophe, or Jacque-Michel. They’re so classy, I think.
I love Poppy James with PJ as a nickname.
My poodle is named Pepe Luis
or Pepe Lou for short 🐩
I always pronounced Alethea as “A-lay-thea” , but both are super cute 😍
My name is Billie-Daisy and I love having the kinda ‘masculine’ unisex name with the more feminine name , edgy and soft ☺️
Im obsessed with names out of books. Some of my favourites are:
Darrow, Aelin, maeve, maelie, feyre, lucian, rowan, verity, esrey
I love the double barrel names Daphne-Capri, Winter-Rose, Romeo-August, Albie-Clyde, Leilani-Luca, Marlow-Jean and Delilah-Darci
Those all are so beautiful!!!
Winter-Rose is beautiful!
Oh I love Jean as the second spot!
Marlow-Jean is absolutely stunning 😻
My middle name is Eleanor. My friend has a little theory that a lot of people have “old lady” middle names, because in our friend group we have Eleanor, Ann, Rosie, Margaret... Her grandmas are called Eleanor and Ann so I suppose her theory might have something to it.
My sister is called May, because my parents wanted to use it as a middle name but they couldn’t think of a first name so they just used May as her first name.
I’ve watched your videos for mths and finally got a name Della Bloosom she was born last Wednesday x
Oh wow that’s gorgeous x huge congrats x
SJ Strum thank you x
I love the name Aurora-Rose Garnet and Marilla-Zinnia Violet so gorgeous I can't. For boys Michael-John Blu and Leonardo-James Emerald. I love barrel names and middle names that are colorful. It adds a unique and modern flair. I love them it's perfect!
I was thinking Nicole-Aurora
Loved this! We did something like this with our daughter, choosing a classic name with a more masculine sounding middle.
Her name is Isabel Andie
Andie is after my sister Andrea. So it was a cool way to connect them with a twist;)
Im in love with Diana-Bless 💕
I need names with ay or ya in them I have a Grayson and freya and looking for a 3ed baby name.
Love the name Grey as a middle spot😍 Thinking Rafferty Grey for a boy or even Grey as a first name for a girl 🤍🤍
OMG I've literally had Olivia Cove as my #1 daughter name for such a long time!! Still in love with it❤️❤️
My thought process was the following: I was obsessed with olivia but so is everyone so I wanted to transform it into something more unique. I then discovered the name Cove through Aspyn Ovard's baby girl and fell in love but on the other hand, it was too out there for me so I decided to try different combinations and Olivia Cove was PERFECT 😍 unique but known and it flows so beautifully together!!! Ugh I just adore it😆😆😆
Other name combinations I love are:
Allegra Haven
Emma Dae
Lucas Finnian
Hugo Sawyer
As you can see my taste is pretty much just common first names to avoid spelling problems with the uniqueness of original middle names that are a little out there but still not too rare to add some personality🥰🥰🥰
Names ending in ie or y are perfect for double barrel names! Like Benny-Lou , Jamie-Jax, Freddie-Augustus, Frankie-Tina, Lennie-Claire. So sweet
I love Robin as a second name, like Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh! I think Olivia Robin works particularly well.
This isn’t apart of it lol but what do you think of the first and middle name Aletheia Margot
I’m due in December with my first daughter! She’s my rainbow 🌈 I have a son named Kaius. My husband wants something Norwegian or the name Katherine or Liv.
I like softer whimsical names like Alora or Arwen. Any suggestions for a compromise??
My sweet baby girl was born this past week inspired by your videos- Reverie Elwyn
My best friend growing up was named Molly Marie, always loved her name and thought it suited her so well!
Friends have a Joy-Taylor, a Naomi-Raye, a Payton-Faye (Naomi & Payton are twins), and an Aliza-Zames. It’s a very southern thing in the US to do the double/ hyphenated name.
One of my grandson’s is Jonesy-Rei James.
Harry Styles inspired baby name list:
Kiara-Willa (Kiwi)
Fallon (Falling)
Angie (Only Angel)
Esny (Ever Since New York)
Cherry
Sunny (Sunflower Vol. 6)
Aurelia (means Golden)
Adora (Adore You)
Myth (mmith)
Carolina
Fione-Linnea (Fine Line)
Moon (Canyon Moon)
Lux (means light) (Lights Up)
Shea (She)
Toby (To Be So Lonely)
Anna
I love Ava-Layne, I think it rolls off the tongue so nicely. And seeing as Ava is so getting so popular it's a nice twist on it. xxx
We had Juniper Joyce on our short list of our baby had been a girl, and I loved the possibility of JJ.
I had an EmmaRose in my Sunday School class I volunteered in yrs ago. I loved the name so much I suggested it for my baby sister when my stepmom was pregnant with her! (They weren’t really going for a double-barrel name though, so they just did Emma as a stand alone first name & ended up choosing Louise as a middle name. I was also only suggesting Rose as the middle pairing for Emma since they knew they were going to use it.) But I can see how her name could still be a double-barrel name unintentionally!
Love this and would happily have a part two!!
I was looking for names for my Sims and found your channel, I'm loving it! In Brazil we don't really have middle names, but a lot of people use double-barrel names without the hyphen. The most common names are João (which could be translated for John), and Maria e Ana for girls. In my family we have a John (João) Victor, John Arthur and a John Pedro (but there are many other combinations). And for girls we have Maria Victoria, Maria Julia, Ana Clara...
My name is Julia Valentina and I love the sound of it, quick happy about it 🤗
My little girl is Valentina-Rose, Valentina has always been my favourite girls name, I was so excited to use it x
In America (specifically the south) double names are very popular, some with or without the hyphen. One thing I hear a lot is very (almost overly) common boys names being combined with either a girl's name or another boy's name to turn it into a girl's name. Names like Bobby-Jo, Emmy-Lou, Betty-Lou. We also like to use surnames as the second half of a double name, like Sarah-Gordon. Lots of double names for boys that really sound like a first and last name, rather than just a first name.
Rae and Raye are really popular 2nd names in my area right now. My youngest is called
Leanna-Raye. My hubby calls her
L-Raye as a nickname, I pretend to hate it but secretly love it
L-Raye
Your friend just had a Mable Joy! My sweet grandmother who just passed in January was named Mable Joy and she went by Joy! Joy is my middle name too!
Ah how special to keep the name going - it's such a gorgeous one as well xxx
I had a dream once that i had a daughter and called her Summer. I made her middle name Phoenix. But i love it as a double barrelled name. So i love Summer-Phoenix.
I LOVE the following names:
Accasia Marie
Luka Finn
Ellis Audley (yes, oddly but I LOVE the spelling)
Sebastian Gray
My name is Kayra (like Kayla but with an r)
I want to name my first son Milo Dean Martin (my partners last name) it just sounds very classic!
Love your work SJ! My kids names are Iris Rose and Leopold Jasper. I'm due end of October with my third who I plan to call Vienna Idalia.
Middle names for Blue?
I love the name Emily- Elizabeth from the children's book of Clifford the Big Red dog. They were my favorite as a child.
My sister has a preschooler named Ada James. Her husband told his brother Jim, "I named my baby after you!" When he found out it was a girl with a middle name James, he was less excited lol. Also, I have a friend whose son is named Clark Wade, and she calls him CW. It sounds like a mouthful, but I have a soft spot for that nickname CW. Maybe Carter-Winston. Otherwise I would love to use Ambrose, maybe with an Arabic name: Ambrose-Khalil or Ambrose-Samir. Great video, thanks!
I’d love an Hispanic/Spanish name list!!!! Love you from Argentina!! 💕💕💕
My middle name is Jade. I have a Kai Alexander and a Finlay Blair, although we only use first names all the time x
Love a double-barrel name! How about for the middle spot? My little girl's middle name is Lily-Paige.
Love Elspeth-Scout and Reverie-Joy! Oliver-Seth and Oliver-Jude are great too!
It’s so fun combining names! Xxx
Absolutely love this list!💕 Love playing around with different sets of names! Currently my favorites are:
Reese-Wren
Peigi-Anne
Rory-Jo (Lorelai-Jo)
Jonah-Jesse
Drew-Finch
Reed-Wilbur
Philip-Shepard (P.S)
What do you guys think of the combos? 😊
I'm in love with Peigi-Anne such a pretty name
I think Wren or wrenly is so pretty
Im french, and for men, many of them have a double name starting with "Jean" most of the time. One of my friends is Called "Jean-Thomas" and we always call him JT, which is so cool.
Hi, I’m having a girl in May. Deciding between Noa Sloan and Noa Grace. Which sounds better??
Grace :)
The first thing I thought of to go with Olivia was Olivia-Jade...and then you went into colors right after! Also, you mentioned going more traditional with first and less traditional with middle. We did the opposite with my daughter, Samara Grace
Please someone use Izzie-Bloom
I love it but don't have any baby on the way lol
I would love a video of surnames as first names! 💕
I have an Arlo-Jett Sebastian, Valentina-Rose Emilia, Buzz-Reign Jackson and Theadora-Blu Harriet. X
Asher-Noelle has a ring to it that I love..