910+ Middle Names

Chosen by one musician, Todd Rundgren, for his son, but unlikely to be emulated by others.

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

Better than Synergy.

Often used in connection with poetry, Imagery has potential as an unusual name. Perhaps you'll get a daydreamer with this one.

If Arrow is too straight for you....

Inspiration might inspire some as a middle name choice.

Wildly optimistic, and unrealistic, choice.

Moroccan might be thought of as a boys' name purely by virtue of its having been used for their newborn son by Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, who transformed this nationality into a first name. But given that they named Moroccan's sister Monroe, conventional gender identity is off the table, and Moroccan might just as easily be used for a girl, along with Morocco or Maraca.

Illumination is a many-syllabled entrant in the new-fashioned virtue name group, but doesn't stand much chance of rivaling shorter choices like Hope and Faith.

Cool, musical modern choice, especially as a middle name.

The virtue. Or the Starship.

Intriguing, when seen as a water name a la River and Ocean; less appropriate if used as a reference to the Creek tribe of Native Americans. Other downsides are its resemblance to creak, as in creaky bones or floorboards, and to unappealing words like creep and reak.

A (male) character in Toni Morrison's great Song of Solomon, but also plays for a girl.