515+ Middle Names for Girls

Fidelity is an admirable virtue, yes, but as a name it tends to sound like a financial institution. Faith, Honor, or Patience would be easier to live with than Fidelity.

If you want to give your child the gift of...gab.

A Puritan-virtue type name that could possibly work for a modern baby with its rhythmic four-syllable sound and admirable meaning.

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.

Lots of parents choose nature names, but only a few choose Nature as a name each year. It is equally used for boys and girls in the USA.

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

Yes, there are lots of kids out there named Princess, Duke, Earl, and King – but you don't necessarily want yours to be one of them.

Strong, but cold and soap opera-ish.

Common Asian surname also works as a first, as with the singer Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power (and born Charlyn).

A word that's been used, very infrequently, as a name for hundreds of years. Interesting sound and meaning.

But what happens when Jeune grows vieille.

In the Plymouth Colony of the seventeenth century, Thankful was the third most popular of the abstract word names. It disappeared after 1700 and has virtually no chance of returning.

With the first name True receiving a Kardashian dose of popularity for girls, Truth is gaining in visibility too. Though its still more popular for boys two to one, the truth is that the name works equally well for both genders -- but may inspire a lot of puns.

If Fable, Story and Saga are getting a look in, why not Allegory? Allegory offers the cute nickname Ally.

Gives the message that you want your daughter to keep her eye on the prize.

An admirable quality to impart; Pleasant was used by Charles Dickens in Our Mutual Friend and in modern times is known via American Girl dolls creator Pleasant Rowland.

This abbreviated form chosen by tennis greats Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi couldn't be jazzier.

Kerr, a simple, unusual unisex middle-name choice, can be pronounced either car or kehr.