515+ Middle Names for Girls

This cosmological name is given to a handful of boys and girls each year in the USA. Likely to get confused with Stella, but definitely edgier and likely to start a conversation.

Until now, most girls called Shell used it as a nickname for Shelley or Michelle. Today's Shell is much more likely to be a nature name, cool and beachy, fit for all genders.

If Story and Poet and Sonnet can be names that work as well for girls as for boys, why not Ode?

Like Silver, Golden is a shimmering metallic color name, almost too dazzling for an ordinary girl.

Has a dotty, antic feel via dotty, antic Auntie Mame.

Eternal--or eternally pretentious?

Might have a shot as a name, à la Genesis and Destiny, if it weren't for yet another perfume connection.

The Puritans used it as a virtue name -- but today it would just be considered weird: silence is no longer golden.

A musical name without much rhythm or harmony.

Sleek color name, though a bit flinty for a little girl.

It's a nature name evocative of rushing waterfalls. But also a dishwashing detergent.

Rugged nature name with possibilities...but more for boys.

As a name, a bit too p. c.

Navy, Indigo, Sky, Ocean, and Sapphire already rank as current US favorites, and Demin is another shade of blue that's on the rise. With the stylish, sturdy, and versatile feel of the fabric it denotes, Denim could be an unexpected route to nickname Demi, or a surprising color name that strands out from Scarlett or Hazel.

Loyalty is one of the Modern Virtue Names rising precipitously for babies in recent years, used last year for nearly 200 children, about 85 percent of them girls. Loyalty may also owe some of its popularity to trendy sister name Royalty.

Solo is a singular word name with special meaning for Star Wars fans. Equally appropriate for girls and boys, it works especially well in the middle.

Vibrant and vital noun name chosen by actress Shawnee Smith for her daughter.

Spaniards use Pax and Paz, Hebrew speakers Shalom, for Greeks it's Irene, so why can't we make the English word Peace a name? Peace Adzo Medie is the author of the novel His Only Wife.

Feather, though it was used for a character in a Walter Mosley novel, seems too light and fluttery for a real-life girl.

Strong, but cold and soap opera-ish.