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Oh yes. We sure do like our compound names in French. They were also pretty big in Québec the 90's. Here are just a few I have met personally or have heard in real life (I chose some that weren't on the OP's list, because I knew these ones as well. LOL):

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Marie-Ève
Marie-Michelle
Marie-Audrey
Marie-Chantal
Marie-Julie
Marie-Annick
Marie-Maude
Marie-Kim
Marie-Claire
Marie-Josée

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I'd say Marie is the most popular component of the compound names. I have seen a bit of Anne too. There are some original ones like Annie-Claude, Émilie-Jeanne or Catherine-Anne. As for Marie, the ones that stick out of the lot for me are Marie-Soleil, Marie-Philippe (think of Marie-Philip Poulin) and Marie-Mai (the famous singer Québec singer, it's her given name at birth).

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Recently in the 2010's, Rose, Lily or Lou has been paired with a ton of names, to create new compound names. The vibe tends to be more cutesy, short and young. Here are a few examples:

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Emma-Rose,
Léa-Rose,
Eva-Rose,
Lily-May
Lou-Anne
Lily-Rose
Nina-Lou
Lily-Jade

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There are also a lot of masculine compound names as well. All pretty popular in the 80's and 90's in Québec:

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François-Xavier,
Jean-Sébastien,
Jean-Baptiste,
Jean-François,
Marc-André,
Jean-Marc,
Jean-Louis,
Marc-Alexandre,
Louis-Philippe,
Marc-Antoine,
Jean-Frédérick,
Jean-Michel,
Jean-Pierre,
Pierre-Luc,
Pierre-Olivier,
Pierre-Yves,
Jean-Philippe,
Jean-Paul,
Louis-Georges,
Louis-Jean,

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This message was edited 5/17/2024, 3:10 PM

I'm not the biggest fan of compound names, unless it's for a nickname! I'm from the Southeastern, USA; I'm no stranger to hyphenated, compound names, as they're also historic here! However, in my opinion, I just don't like the dashed appearance. Anyways, my favorites are Anne-Louise, Anne-Marguerite, and Anne-Marie!

Anne-Sophie
Marie-Louise
Marie-Thérèse
Anne-Élisabeth
Marie-Christine
Anne-Marie
Marie-Adélaïde
Marie-Hélène
Anne-Laure
Marie-Madeleine
Marie-Josée/Marie-Josèphe
Anne-Louise
Marie-Geneviève

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My favorite compound name is Marie des Neiges.

I don't think Anne-Marie counts as exclusively French; same with Anne-Louise and Marie-Louise. There is a strong tradition in South Africa of using French names: goes back to Huguenot refugees who needed a Protestant country to move to, and the Dutch were happy to have them. But it's mostly the male names that show up: often mistakes have crept in, like a Georges I knew, who pronounced it like the English George and would have been surprised if anyone expected or used the French version. A friend of mine is Louette, Suzanne Louette actually but she goes by the mn. It was formed from her grandmothers' names - Louise and Henriette. It works well for her. I don't really enjoy compound names, but Marie-Claire is OK.

I don't really like compound names the following are ok
Marie-louise
Isabelle -claire
Anne-marie
Anne-louise
Anne-marguerite
Marie-genevieve

I like a lot of these names. My favourites are Anne-Sophie, Marie-Louise, Marie-Therese, Anne-Marie, Josephine-Charlotte, Marie-Helen, Anne-Laure, Marie Genevieve and Anne-Marguerite. My #1 favourite might be Marie-Therese.