Middle Names for Girls (with Meanings & Popularity)

  1. Rebel
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "rebel"
    • Description:

      Asking for trouble. Rebel Wilson is a hilarious Australian actress who puts a female spin on this contemporary badass baby name. Still, we think this name is truly gender neutral – though hardly neutral in any other way. Rebel is undoubtedly one of the edgiest girls' names starting with the letter R.
  2. Remember
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.
  3. March
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "month name"
    • Description:

      March has never been popular as a month name, possibly because of its slightly abrupt sound. But with all kinds of month (and season, day, and holiday) names, from January to December, Sunday to Easter, Winter to Midnight, coming to the fore, March is beginning to seem eminently baby-ready.
  4. Blaise
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "one who stutters"
    • Description:

      Despite its modern sound, Blaise has plenty of history as a given name (for boys), from a Christian martyr to Arthurian legends. Today Blaise feels like the cool and edgy Blaze with a French accent.
  5. Infinity
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Infinity is a name that could have a long, bright future ahead of it, with its bold meaning and fashionable sound. It's an awful lot of name to pull off, but if Destiny can do it...
  6. Glimmer
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Glimmer is shimmery but a little too showy, as is Glitter, a character on a TV sitcom-- while Glimmer appears in The Hunger Games.
  7. Ireland
    • Origin:

      Place name
    • Description:

      Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin put Ireland on the map when they chose it as a first for their daughter, saying that geographic names were a family tradition. And it seems they were a bit ahead of the curve (or trendsetting)—Ireland has been among the fastest-rising names of recent years. Other Irish place names include Shannon, Kerry, Galway, and Dublin.
  8. Cinnabar
    • Origin:

      Word name, English from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "deep red mineral"
    • Description:

      Associated with a vivid red-orange-colored lacquer, would make a more than distinctive color-related choice.
  9. Sky
    • Origin:

      Nature name
    • Description:

      Sky may be a bit hippie-ish, but it's bright and sunny nonetheless. Sky rejoined the Top 1000 in 2013 after spending many years off the list. Sky was the choice of magician David Copperfield for his daughter, born in 2010.
  10. Rainbow
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "rainbow"
    • Description:

      Colorful, yes, but also probably among the hippiest of hippie names. Holly Madison recently chose it for her little girl.
  11. Havana
    • Origin:

      Taíno place-name
    • Description:

      Politics aside, the Cuban capital is one of the most rhythmic of place-names. The question is: can politics be put aside?
  12. Peace
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "peace"
    • Description:

      Spaniards use Pax and Paz, Hebrew speakers Shalom, for Greeks it's Irene, so why can't we make the English word Peace a name? Peace Adzo Medie is the author of the novel His Only Wife.
  13. Forever
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Meaning:

      "always, eternal, continually"
    • Description:

      A bold choice, encompassing ideas of eternal love between parents and children, of promises kept, and infinite time, Forever may also have spiritual or religious ties for some. Grounded by its similarity to the likes of Ever, Everly, Flora, and Heaven, it was chosen for 41 girls and 9 boys in a recent year.
  14. Pax
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "peace"
    • Description:

      A cool name, representing the Roman goddess of peace and offering a positive message to bestow upon a child. Pax is one of the most stylish new names that mean peace.
  15. Ode
    • Origin:

      Word name or medieval English form of Otto
    • Description:

      If Story and Poet and Sonnet can be names that work as well for girls as for boys, why not Ode?
  16. Chambray
    • Origin:

      French word name
    • Meaning:

      "fabric with white weft and colored warp"
    • Description:

      Derived from French, Chambray is the name of a smooth, light, colored fabric, interwoven with white thread. It took its name from its place of origin, Cambrai (originally Cambray) in the north of France. The name of the place itself possibly comes from the Roman Camaracum meaning "property of Camarus", though it may also derive from the Gallic cambo meaning "that which is curved".
  17. Dash
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      For a boy, Dash is usually short for Dashiell, but as a girl's name it just stands for energetic--and also the stores run by the Kardashian sisters..
  18. Sunshine
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Sunshine was seen as a quintessential hippie name of the 70s, reaching as high as Number 536 in 1975. Now such names are making a bit of a retro comeback, seen, for example, as a character on Glee.
  19. Tawny
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "golden brown"
    • Description:

      Y-ending color adjectives like Tawny and Rusty are nowhere near as stylish as the more sophisticated Lilacs and Violets.
  20. Mercury
    • Origin:

      Roman
    • Meaning:

      "messenger of the gods, quicksilver"
    • Description:

      It's a car brand, a planet, and the messenger of the gods -- but it's questionable whether it works as a little girl's name.

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