Double barrel baby names: The latest baby name trend
Just add a hyphen and you've got yourself a double barrel baby name!
Double barrel baby names have been popular for years now, with parents deciding to choose two first names put together for their child instead of just the one.
It's been a popular move since Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis named their daughter Lily-Rose in 1999. Kate Moss' daughter, Lila-Grace, came along in 2002 and then Una Healy's daughter, Aoife-Belle, was born almost 10 years after that. But while many celebrities like Jamie Oliver have opted to give their children two unhyphenated baby names in recent years, with a slightly different baby name meaning, the trend for double barrel baby names has far from gone away.
In fact, it's still such a popular baby name trend that The Office of National Statistics (ONS) included the most loved double barrelled baby names in their latest baby name data, helping parents to choose the one right one for them.
Double-barrelled names for girls
- Amelia-Rose
- Isla-Rose
- Ella-Rose
- Ivy-Rose
- Ava-Rose
- Bella-Rose
- Ava-Mae
- Lily-Rose
- Lily-Mae
- Olivia-Rose
- Gracie-Mae
- Harper-Rose
- Ella-Mae
- Isla-Mae
- Ellie-Mae
- Elsie-Mae
- Mia-Rose
- Ava-Grace
- Evie-Rose
- Ruby-Rose
- Lilly-Rose
- Lilly-Mae
- Sienna-Rose
- Isabella-Rose
- Ivy-Mae
- Evie-Mae
- Layla-Rose
- Isla-Grace
- Lily-May
- Willow-Rose
Double-barrelled names for boys
- Tommy-Lee
- Alfie-James
- Noah-James
- Riley-James
- Teddy-James
- Jaxon-James
- Jesse-James
- Theo-James
- Abdul-Hadi
- Jayden-Lee
- Abdur-Rahman
- Hunter-Lee
- Oliver-James
- Abu-Bakr
- Harley-James
- Alfie-Jay
- Harley-Jay
- Jayden-James
- Alfie-Lee
- Archie-James
- Arlo-James
- Arthur-James
- Billy-Joe
- Hunter-James
- Logan-James
- Carter-James
- Harvey-James
- Harvey-Lee
- Ronnie-Lee
Even within the most popular double barrelled baby names, there are some obvious individual trends. It appears as though, over the last couple of years, parents of girls have preferred the name Rose as the second part of the double barrel. May and Grace are also very popular choices, going back to more traditional baby names of the past. Similarly for boys, the traditional name James was the overwhelming most popular second name in the set.
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Grace Walsh is a health and wellbeing writer, working across the subjects of family, relationships, and LGBT topics, as well as sleep and mental health. A digital journalist with over six years experience as a writer and editor for UK publications, Grace is currently Health Editor for womanandhome.com and has also worked with Cosmopolitan, Red, The i Paper, GoodtoKnow, and more. After graduating from the University of Warwick, she started her career writing about the complexities of sex and relationships, before combining personal hobbies with professional and writing about fitness.
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