Middle Names for Boys (with Meanings and Popularity)

Maybe if you're planning to have only one child -- and iffy even then.

While nature names, even those of fierce animals and mountain peaks, are used for children these days, architectural features like this somehow seem a bit cold.

Cool and casual, a la humorist Ring (born Ringgold. ) Lardner.

Blunt. Stick to Hunter.

Many parents are seeking a strong name--well there's no denying that Strong fits that bill.

Kicker could be a great name for a cheeky kid, along the lines of Cricker, Striker or Becker. In literature the term Kicker is used to describe the twist or turn in a story.

A bold word name choice for the intrepid baby namer who hopes her son will face the world with a sense of discovery.

Along the same lines as Fable or Madrigal, Parable is a cute choice for literary families. It might also be considered as a pseudo-biblical name, given the fame of the Biblical parables.

Modern virtue name, playing on the word "tough".

The singular version sounds more contemporary.

Trey or Trip or even Deuce, yes; Deux is tougher.

In the Capability Brown vein -- not a choice to be made lightly.

Undoubtedly there's a parent out there who sees this as the ultimate cool name. It's anything but.

Sarah Palin and husband Todd, creative baby-namers, named their oldest son Track because of their love for running.

Peerless Price may be a football great, but his name would exert undue pressure. Substitute idea: Peer.

A big, bold, ultra-rare virtue name. Could it follow in the footsteps of Justice and Liberty?

This Puritan virtue name is unstylish, but sympathetic and appealing, in these largely uncomfortable times.

The term Quarto comes to us from the Latin for "four", but it is used as a term in literature to describe a book from the early days of printing that was a particular size. An obscure and potentially intriguing choice for arcane, book-loving parents.

Stricter than Peace or Justice.

Cool middle name possibility.