The <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-name-lists/category/meanings-of-names">meanings of names</a> in middle place have become important to more and more parents, as middle names are seen less as connective tissue and more as a way to invest extra meaning in your child's name. A middle name with strong personal meaning may be the name of a beloved friend or family member, a surname rescued from your family tree, or — in the case of the meaningful names here — a choice with an inspirational feel.
 
Of course, even the most common of middle names can be meaningful if they carry special significance. Be it Grace or Glimmer, Lee or Legacy, the most important thing is that it has a connection to you and your family.
 
Meaningful middle names for babies that do much more than bridge the first name and the last. For more, see our lists of <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/479/Middle-Names-for-Girls">middle names for girls</a> and <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/480/Middle-Names-for-Boys">middle names for boys</a> as well as our master list of more than 900 <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/673/middle-names?all=1">middle names</a> of every type.

Middle Names with Meaning

Clarity is one of the lightest of the newly rediscovered virtue names, with a bit of three-syllable sparkle, old-fashioned charm and a clear vision for the future. Clarity is a very desirable quality in this confusing world and it also, unlike some other newly coined word names, has real meaning and history as a name.
 Clarity is preferable to Charity and definitely to Chastity, with the possibility of Clare as a short form.

Clarity

middle names with meaning — child holding parents' hands

Middle names with meaning, including River, Maverick, and Royal (Page 9)

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