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I don't know if there are any real rules to it, but since hyphenated names are treated like one single name - which means they are "always" called together - I'd avoid combos with more than four syllables; otherwise it gets quite a bit of a mouthful. Plus, if you use a unisex name (like Claude) I personally think it's favourable if the other one clearly indicates the gender (like Marie oder Jean).

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Of your combos I like:

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Anne-Sophie - a real classic ;-) I still think it's lovely
Anne-Martine - personally I'm not too fond of Martine but I think the combo works rather well
Anne-Eliane - theoretically, this one would work but it's too rhymey
Anne-Lucie - nice if Lucie is emphasized the French way
Anne-Aurelie
Anne-Ophelie - hmmm, two lovely names but for some reason this one sounds like a medical condition to me
Anne-Melisande - hmmm, I like Melisande but I don't think it works too well with Anne. It would be "a lot of name" but I think I'd really like Marie-Melisande.
Anne-Helene - I think I'd prefer Hélène
Marie-Lucienne - nice flow
Marie-Andree - not a fan of Andrée but the combo works nicely
Marie-Charlotte - I really like this one
Marie-Eliane
Marie-Helene - I'd prefer Hélène but I think it's a nice combo.
Marie-Celeste
Jean-Amedee
Marie-Chloe
Anne-Capucine - as much as I love Capucine - sadly I think the combo doesn't really work :(
Anne-Eloise - long but nice. I'd prefer Héloïse, though
Charles-Valentin
Paul-Alain - hmmm, theoretically it's fine but to me it sounds like Paula-Lain
Paul-Michel
Jean-Michel
Jean-Pierre
Jean-David
Jean-Charles
Jean-Maxence*** - I really like Maxence but I think it depends on how you are going to pronounce that combo whether it works... Are you planning on pronouncing them in a rather French way or in a rather English way?
Marie-Fleur - not too fond of Fleur myself but it works nicely here.

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Just my two cents :-)

This message was edited 10/30/2009, 6:35 PM