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Help[Opinions] Re: Are French/Southern double first names out of style
in reply to a message by vladislava
No, I don't think they're out of style. Anything distinctive is in style these days, so go for it.
In general, I find double names in English kind of fussy. Although I remember a Flannery O'Connor story with siblings named John Wesley and June Star -- so something unexpected and extra Southern like that can be pretty fun.
Some classic French and Spanish double names (Jean-Loup, María José) are attractive to me. My French grandmother wanted to name my dad Jean-Eric, but my American grandfather didn't like it, so he ended up John Eric, called Ricky/Eric. I sort of feel the same way - a French double name spoken in English sounds fussy to me.
I think you can include a middle name or skip it. Depends on what's meaningful to you, or sounds best with your last name.
In general, I find double names in English kind of fussy. Although I remember a Flannery O'Connor story with siblings named John Wesley and June Star -- so something unexpected and extra Southern like that can be pretty fun.
Some classic French and Spanish double names (Jean-Loup, María José) are attractive to me. My French grandmother wanted to name my dad Jean-Eric, but my American grandfather didn't like it, so he ended up John Eric, called Ricky/Eric. I sort of feel the same way - a French double name spoken in English sounds fussy to me.
I think you can include a middle name or skip it. Depends on what's meaningful to you, or sounds best with your last name.
This message was edited 10/3/2015, 5:06 PM
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