910+ Middle Names (with Meanings & Popularity)
- Steel
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Strong, but cold and soap opera-ish.
- Majesty
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Alternative to Prince, Duke, King, or Earl, but not an improvement on them.
- New
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New is a middle name name with meaning: Your baby, after all, is new to the world and you may hope will continue to approach life and experience as if everything is new and exciting.
- Lullaby
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"a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for children"Description:
This unusual word name means a song sung to put infants to sleep, from the components lull as in calm and by as in goodbye. While it's not on record as being used for any actual babies in the US, it's a rhythmic choice and one of those unique baby names with more mainstream nicknames such a Lula and Bee.
- Wisdom
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A bit too self-congratulatory and, understandably, exceedingly rare. Still, if you're looking for a modern virtue name for your daughter, this may be one of the best qualities to exemplify.
- Legend
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EnglishMeaning:
"hero or fable"Description:
Legend joins cousins Story, Saga and Fable in the baby name pantheon of narrative words. Unlike Story and Fable, however, Legend comes with additional weight, being used for fame ("living legend") and to denote a person who is fantastic "what a legend"). Who can live up to that?
- French
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Surname, place name, word nameDescription:
Actor French Stewart introduced this one to the lexicon. French is part word name, part place name, and part surname-name, reminiscent of celebrity baby names that reference a nationality rather than simply a place, such as Moroccan.
- Silence
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The Puritans used it as a virtue name -- but today it would just be considered weird: silence is no longer golden.
- Sesame
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Food name and word nameDescription:
Poppy is the most widely-used seed name, opening the door for Sesame. While Sesame has a pretty sound, it is not often used as a name -- fewer than five baby girls were given the name in the US in 2021. In kids' minds, this might be overly associated with Sesame Street.
- Judge
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Eighties star Judge Reinhold (born Edward Jr. , he was given this nickname at the age of two weeks) made this possible, but it could cause a lot of confusion.
- Childish
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"child-like"Description:
Childish Gambino is the musical alter-ego of writer/producer Donald Glover, creator of the television show Atlanta. Glover got the name Childish Gambino from an online name generator.
- Comfort
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This Puritan virtue name is unstylish, but sympathetic and appealing, in these largely uncomfortable times.
- Integrity
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"integrity"Description:
Integrity may be an outstanding quality, but Honor or True may work better as names.
- Almond
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Gwyneth Paltrow's Apple has opened the world of botanical names beyond flowers to trees, herbs, fruits, and — why not — nuts. Cayley and Brandon Jenner have a daughter named Joan Almond.
- Plenty
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Wishful thinking.
- Simplicity
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Sound contradicts its meaning.
- Energy
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Better than Synergy.
- Jeton
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French word nameMeaning:
"token"
- Forever
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Eternal--or eternally pretentious?
- Fey
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Fey, for middle name purposes, could be thought of as a fey spelling of Fay. These days, however, Fey would be considered by most people to be honoring comedian Tina.