It occurred to me today that there suddenly seems to be so many young male footballers emerging in the premier league with double barrelled names.

 

I recall the first time I remember seeing a player with a double barrelled name play in the premier league was Shaun Wright-Phillips at the middle of the 00’s, and I remember thinking then it was an usual sighting, but nowadays it is a lot more common to see.

 

Here are some examples I thought of when making this post:

 

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool)

Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)

Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle)

James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Manchester United)

Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur)

Hal Robson-Kanu (West Brom)

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)

Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United)

Vontae Daley-Campbell (Leicester City)

Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham)

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City)

Elijah Dixon-Bonner (Liverpool)

Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton)

Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (Burnley)

Malachi Fagan-Walcott (Tottenham Hotspur)

Jake Clarke-Salter (Chelsea)

Josh Felix-Eppiah (Leicester City)

Morgan Gibbs-White (Wolves)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Manchester City)

Tyreece John-Jules (Arsenal)

Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal)

Rhys Norrington-Davies (Sheffield United)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Burnley)

Myles Peart-Harris (Chelsea)

Ian Poveda-Ocampo (Leeds United)

Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur)

Martell Taylor-Crossdale (Fulham)

Erik Palmer-Brown (Manchester City)

 

My sister's two boys have double-barrelled names because she and her partner aren't married. I would guess that is the explanation in quite a lot of these cases.