Middle Names for Girls (with Meanings & Popularity)

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.

Legacy is proof that any attractive-sounding word can be turned into a name, and this one has the added attractions of an inspirational meaning and a cool creative namesake -- hot young artist Legacy Russell.

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.

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.

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

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

Experience was used by the Puritans but probably too joke-worthy for a modern child...or teenager.

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

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.

But what happens when Jeune grows vieille.

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

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.

North and West are easier on the ear, but this works fine if it has some significance for your family. Could be lengthened to Easton.

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.

Name that makes a strong philosophical statement -- but might ironically be a lot for a child to carry.

Remarkable Pettibone was a self-important housekeeper in James Fenimore Cooper's The Pioneers. Such names were not uncommon in early America, with such choices as Remember and Experience showing up in the records along with Puritan virtue names such as Chastity and Patience.

Your daughter will like this better at twenty than she will at fifty.