I like Annemarie best.

Anonymous wrote:I'm against smooshing, and extra against smooshing with a random capital letter in the middle.

I think my preference is Anne Marie, second choice Anne-Marie.

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Anonymous wrote:As a Catholic with family in the south, I’ve been around double-barreled names my entire life. It’s fairly routine to go by both the first and middle names. There’s no need to smush together and hyphenating is low-brow.

Nobody ever suggests smushing together or hyphenating boys names, so let’s not do it to girls. People will call your kid whatever you tell them to, and once she goes to kindergarten it’s her choice.

OP might not live in the south. Double first names are much less common in the rest of the country, especially for boys. When you hear Jim Bob or Billy Ray, you know their parents didn’t hail from Connecticut. Annmarie would help people who aren’t southern get her name right.

LOL, my dh had an aunt Ann Marie whose parents, did in fact, hail from Connecticut!

I think Anne Marie looks nice, because they both end in 'e'.

I'm against smooshing, and extra against smooshing with a random capital letter in the middle.

I think my preference is Anne Marie, second choice Anne-Marie.

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Anonymous wrote:Anne-Marie
Anne Marie
AnneMarie
Annemarie

I’m partial to last option but not committed...

The last one is low rent and "kreative." It reeks of a 17 year old pregnant for the 2nd time.

You sound untraveled. It’s a common German and Nordic name. I am not an Annemarie or related to an Annemarie, but it was common enough when I taught abroad.

While it’s true that Annemarie is common in Germany, etc. it should be pointed out that they pronounce the E abroad so it sounds like Anna, not Ann.

That’s even more confusing and more likely to confuse new acquaintances.

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I actually prefer it with the German pronunciation. If flows better and feels more like one name than a double-barreled name. I think if you are going to pronounce it Anne Marie, you should spell it Anne Marie. But maybe consider the German version. You could even spell it Annamarie to make it easier on people (even Germans would understand how to pronounce this, and they won't be bothered by the different spelling because you aren't German).

I like Anne Marie.

if you want both to be used as a first name then I would go with

Anne-Marie
or Annemarie

Otherwise she will have to explain over and over and over and over and over again that both are her first name. Or just get used to being called Anne.

Speaking as a double first name person...

P.S. Personal preference is Anne with an e

My cousin in Ann Marie & that's all anyone has ever called her. Never just Ann. But I always want to spell it Anne Marie because that way, both spellings are French.

It's a really pretty name.

I know an Anne Marie (not sure if she has a middle name or if Marie is her middle name) she goes by Annie a lot, but I know she is Anne Marie.

I also know a Mary Kate (With a middle name) she goes by Mary Kate or MK and I know her first name is Mary Kate. So for like school where you fill in your first name, she puts Mary space Kate in the first name space.

Both are children.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anne-Marie
Anne Marie
AnneMarie
Annemarie

I’m partial to last option but not committed...

The last one is low rent and "kreative." It reeks of a 17 year old pregnant for the 2nd time.

You sound untraveled. It’s a common German and Nordic name. I am not an Annemarie or related to an Annemarie, but it was common enough when I taught abroad.

While it’s true that Annemarie is common in Germany, etc. it should be pointed out that they pronounce the E abroad so it sounds like Anna, not Ann.

That’s even more confusing and more likely to confuse new acquaintances.