Compound Baby Names

Cutesy combination of Lula and Belle. Lula is a short form of names starting with the "Lu" sound, which may derive from Germanic <em>hlud</em> "famous", and Belle is French for "beautiful".

Lulabelle

Rosegold, or rose gold, is actually an alloy of gold and copper, used in jewellery for its warm, pinkish hue. It would make for a pretty and quirky girl name, with sweet short forms Rosie and Goldie.

Rosegold

Not quite Beatrice or Letitia, but Leatrice still has a gently old-fashioned charm of its own, a kind of silent movie star aura, as in one of the top actresses of that era, Leatrice Joy. Largely due to her popularity, Leatrice was in the Top 1000 from 1922 to 1943, reaching a high of 350 in 1927.

Leatrice

Penrose – an ancient place-name and surname derived from several villages in Cornwall, Wales, and the Welsh border country of England – would make for an even more unexpected alternative to quirky nature name Primrose. Intuitive nicknames Penny or Rosie make it feel more wearable.

Penrose

Also spelled Liselotte, this is a clunky-but-cute compound name of German, Danish, Swedish, and Dutch origin. It combines elements of popular Elizabeth with popular Charlotte to create a name with a very different feel: sweet and oldy-worldy. 

Lieselotte

A Jo-plus name that sprang up in the 1940s. 

Jobeth

This Scottish surname is a fresh alternative to Weston or Westley.

Westland

Popular Leo meets popular Theodore in this seamless compound name,  that could be interpreted as meaning "lion's gift" or "god gifted lion". Borne by a character in the 2016 movie, <em>Zootopia</em>, it has see little real world usage.

Leodore

 are formed by combining two separate names together in order to create a brand new one. Also known as 

 these portmanteau monikers aim to bring out the best of both names.

- combination names that are so well-used that they might not even be thought of as smoosh names anymore. 

girls names such as Marianne, Annabelle, Rosemarie, Marilyn, and Mariella might fall under this category.

There are some compound names that are simply two names stuck together with no extra cutting or merging.  There are many

that fall under this category, such as Giancarlo and Leoluca, along with several 

Other combination names require a little more blending and chopping to become a new name, such as the 

 Jamarion, a blend of James and Marion, or the

, though many of them are made of similar parts. 

 like Belle, Lynn, Beth, Marie, Elle, Ella and Ann are added to the beginning or end of many names, in order to create something 

 such as Belphoebe and Samwise, while others come together to make

 Skylette, we've collected together some of the best and some of the newest compound names for babies.

Compound names for babies, including girl names, boy names and gender neutral names. Compound names, also known as smoosh names or combination names are made by putting two separate names together to create something new, like Marianne, Marilyn or Jebediah (Page 22)

250+ compound names for babies