Hello, cool middle names, and bye-bye to the bland connectives of generations past, the ubiquitous Ann that almost sounded like and, because the middle name has now taken on a much more active part in the naming process. It's a place to honor the family, be creative or whimsical, use a name you're not quite brave enough to try as a first.
 
Among the most popular middle names today are Grace, Rose, and Marie for girls, and James, Lee, and Michael for boys. We'd coolify them as Gray, Roux, and Marais, and Jaz, Lane, and McCoy.
 
Single-syllable names are especially cool in the middle right now. Recent celebrity choices include Dove, Sage, and Wolf. You may want to look for a middle name with a cool initial, such as Ximena, Quebec, or Zane.
 
Here, some <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-name-lists/category/cool-names">cool names</a> that are perfect for middle place, mostly for girls but a handful for boys. Or explore beyond cool with our master list of more than 900 <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/673/middle-names?all=1">middle names</a> of all kinds.
 
<h2>Cool Middle Names</h2>

Cool Middle Names

With parents beginning to show an interest in <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/373/virtue-names">virtue names</a> for boys, this Puritan favorite just might be revived, for what could be more admirable than nobility in terms of having strength of character, dignity, and high moral ideals?
 Noble was actually on the Social Security list from at least 1880 to 1954, reaching as high as 312 in 1901.
 Noble Sissle was an early jazz legend, noted for his collaboration with songwriter Eubie Blake.

Noble

A lot of attention was drawn to this name when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West announced it as the name of their baby daughter, making it instantly unisex.
 North is a word name that's long been used, albeit very quietly, a name with a certain purity and strength. It's a good choice if you're from, say, Wisconsin or Maine, love winter or are an avid skier, or if you just want a name that's both very familiar and very unusual.
 North is just one of several cool names with a directional slant-others are West, Weston, and Easton.
 A young Elijah Wood played the title character in the 1994 film North.

North

In Greek mythology, Nyx was a powerful goddess and the embodiment of the night, giving this name a dark yet mystical feel. She is often depicted as one of the first deities, an offspring of Chaos who appears in black robes and whom even Zeus fears to anger.
 
Similar in sound to Nicks (or Nicky) and to Onyx, Phoenix, Lennyx, Pixie, and Trixie, some may associate it too strongly with the word nix (meaning "nothing", "refuse" or "put an end to"), or to the make-up brand, Nyx. It was nevertheless chosen for nearly 70 girls (and 30 boys) in the US in a recent year.

This rarely used boys name is one of the few gem names for a boy. Obsidian is actually a type of volcanic glass, formed when lava cools very quickly. This ultra-cool name might spark a love of volcanoes and geology in a little boy.

Obsidian

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Cool Unique Middle Names

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200+ Cool Middle Names

Noble

North

Nyx

Obsidian