910+ Middle Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Gruff is a name that gets used on a handful of boys each year, in both the US and the UK.

A big, bold, ultra-rare virtue name. Could it follow in the footsteps of Justice and Liberty?

Spiritually resonant, but will definitely raise grandparents' eyebrows.

Gage we get. Cade we get. But Cage? Not really, and yet, it was given to about two dozen baby boys in one recent year.

Not even for Brandy's twin brother.

An ubercool and mysterious name, brought to you by director M. Night Shyamalan.

With the rising use of Eugenie and Eulalia, could literary Euphony make a debut? It certainly has a pleasant meaning and is euphonic itself.

Maybe if you're planning to have only one child -- and iffy even then.

One Puritan virtue name unlikely to thrive in the 21st century.

If Fable, Story and Saga are getting a look in, why not Allegory? Allegory offers the cute nickname Ally.

One celebrity baby Pilot put this occupational choice into the pool -- together with the middle name Inspektor, something we wouldn't advise following.

Baby name as political statement.

The term Quarto comes to us from the Latin for "four", but it is used as a term in literature to describe a book from the early days of printing that was a particular size. An obscure and potentially intriguing choice for arcane, book-loving parents.

In literary circles, this name will be immediately recognized as a reference to the poetic stanza; outside such circles, this name may cause confusion for names like Coltrane or Cobain.

Sound contradicts its meaning.

We once dismissed Bird as "too flighty", but with the rise of avian names from Lark to Robin to, well, Birdie, we don't see why Bird can't be a fine choice, especially as a middle name.

Yes, there are lots of kids out there named Princess, Duke, Earl, and King – but you don't necessarily want yours to be one of them.

A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.

A sixties-style name that might work best as a middle.