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.

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

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

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

Hallow is a word meaning sacred or holy. As the root word for Halloween (orginally All Hallows' Eve), this name might be an evocative choice for a baby born on or near October 31st. It could work well for either a boy or a girl and offers the nicknames Hal and Halley.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.

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

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

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

Lyric is a name given to over 1000 boys and girls each year in the US. Could the more feminine Lyrical (given to only 20 girls each year) become more popular as parents look to find less common alternatives to this musical name?

But what happens when Jeune grows vieille.

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

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.