Unique Celebrity Baby Middle Names
- Ivalo
Origin:
GreenlandicMeaning:
"sinew"Description:
This is a Greenlandic girls' name made famous when Princess Mary and Prince Frederik named their twin daughter Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda.
- Seven
Origin:
Numerical word nameDescription:
Seinfeld's George threatened to name his future child Seven, and then singer Erykah Badu actually did it.
- Hawkins
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hawk"Description:
A surname that originated as a diminutive of Hawk.
- Dilys
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"genuine, steadfast, true"Description:
Common in Wales, but would really stand out here. One of the middle names of Stella McCartney's daughter Reiley; Dilys Powell was a well-known British film critic, Professor Dilys Derwent a Harry Potter character., a witch who worked as a Healer at St. Mungo's Hospital, and was a celebrated Headmistress of Hogwarts School..
- Marcheline
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"warrior"Description:
Marcheline was the first name of Angelina Jolie's late mother, who was part French-Canadian, which Jolie and Brad Pitt used as the middle name for their twin daughter Vivienne. The name is related to the Latin Marcellus and Marcus, which come from Mars, the name of the God of War, and is often spelled Marceline. Jolie's mother's birth name was Marcia Lynne.
- Robbie
Origin:
Diminutive of Roberta, English from GermanMeaning:
"bright fame"Description:
Roberta and Robert may be so far out they're...still out, but Robbie might make one of the trendy new boyish nicknames for girls. Actress Margot Robbie gave it a surname spin.
- Edon
- Airamis
Description:
One of the middle names of Dwayne Wade's son Zion.
- Kalliope
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beautiful voice"Description:
Original form of the more familiar Calliope, the muse of epic poetry.
- Aroha
Origin:
MāoriMeaning:
"love"Description:
This beautiful Māori name meaning love (cognate with Hawaiian aloha) is more wearable than the English word and softer Venus or Aphrodite. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named her daughter Neve Te Aroha in 2018. Aroha / Te Aroha was the most popular Māori baby girl name in 2023-24.
- Otter
Origin:
Animal nameDescription:
While we don't see many parents adopting Otter as a name for their own babies, Zooey Deschanel put this one in the lexicon when she used it as a middle name for her adorably-named daughter Elsie Otter. Even in the celebrisphere, Otter is one of the most unique baby names we've heard.
- Tiaamii
Description:
Jordan and Peter Andre used Tiaamii as the middle name of their daughter Princess in 2007.
- Berlin
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"borderline"Description:
Edgy German capital with definite possibilities as a baby name.
- Liron
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"song for me"Description:
Stylish Hebrew name with potential to catch on more in the wake of Logan, Liam, Lochlan, Lincoln et al.
- Seine
Origin:
French; river nameDescription:
River is rising as a new favorite name, and names of rivers are also increasingly used for our child.
- Evdokia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to be pleased, to have good will"Description:
The modern Greek form of Eudocia.
- Mountain
Origin:
Nature nameDescription:
Mountain names such as Everest and Denali are being used more frequently, but Mountain itself was unknown until Hunger Games star Jena Malone used it as a middle name for her son Ode Mountain. And really, why not? It's one of the most unique baby names in the hot nature category.
- Nouvel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"new"Description:
Shot to fame as the middle name of Brangelina's daughter Shiloh Nouvel, after French architect Jean Nouvel.
- Miklos
Origin:
Hungarian variation of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"Description:
Mariska Hargitay honored her Hungarian heritage when she used Miklos as one of the middle names for her son August in 2006.
- Lu
Origin:
Diminutive of names beginning with LuDescription:
Lu is an adorable mini-name that could be short for Luna, Lucinda, Luisa, or any other name beginning with the letters Lu. Or it can just stand on its own in first or middle place.