Unique Celebrity Baby Middle Names

English surname used as one of the middles for Boris Becker's son Amadeus.

Variation of Hartley.

Despite its rakish western charm, still remains a cowboy (or girl) costume without a real persona inside. Emily Robison used it as the middle name for her daughter Julianna.

Julia Styles used Newcomb as the middle name for her son Strummer.

Tatyana Ali used this as the middle name for her son Edward.

Lee Brice used this surname as the middle name for his son Ryker.

Everyone has heard of Genghis Khan, 12th century warrior and founder of the Mongol empire. The name was brought into the modern world by soccer star Hope Solo and football player Jerramy Stevens, who chose it as the middle name for their son Vittorio, whose twin sister is named Lozen after a female Apache warrior.

Cobie Smulders used Cado as the middle name of her daughter Shaelyn.

Shanola Hampton gave this as her daughter Cai's middle name.

Variation of Aridius.

Lisa Loeb used this intriguing name as the middle for her son Emet.

This traditionally male variation of Andrew was used by tennis player Lindsay Davenport as a middle name for her daughter Lauren.

Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman invented this name for their son Jonathan's middle. It's a combination of Anne's paternal grandfather's name, Roseline, and Adam's mother's maiden name Banks.

Hot name best used as a middle, as Paula Patton and Robin Thicke did for their son Julian in 2010.

Painter is among the most creative choices in this very fashionable category of names, with a particularly pleasant sound. Whereas most occupational names conjure up physical labor, this one feels like a gateway to the arts. Actor Chad Lowe used it as the middle name of his daughter Mabel.

Common Spanish surname, used by Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as the middle name for their children Leo and Luna.

Romance may initially strike you as too ardent of a name for a baby, but given that Love has been a fast-rising name in recent years — not to mention soundalikes Roman and Romy — Romance is well-suited to our current naming climate. Presently, it makes the charts for baby boys but not baby girls.

Variation of Lyubov.

The Greek St. Stylianos is the patron saint of children. Molly Ringwald used it as the middle name for her son Roman.