910+ Middle Names

The definition of quirky.

While Hill reads as a nickname for Hillary, adding an S puts it in the same category as plural nature names like Rivers and Brooks. It also softens the name's image: one hill is an obstacle, but many together form a lovely landscape. Hills are also a recurring image and metaphor in both the New and Old Testament.

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

Reminiscent of Puritan and Pilgrim name choices, Sincere is a relatively modern virtue name. Though it is predominantly used on boys - almost ten times more often - Sincere is still given to around 50 girls each year.

If Arrow is too straight for you....

Inspiration might inspire some as a middle name choice.

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.

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.

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.

Wildly optimistic, and unrealistic, choice.

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

The virtue. Or the Starship.

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