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Middle Names for Boys

Middle names for boys are traditionally family names – father's or grandfather's first name as an honorific, mother's maiden name, or perhaps a first name or surname from further back in the family tree, be it Charles or Lennox.

But increasingly, parents are looking to their son's middle name as a way to honor a hero, symbolize a passion, or indulge a taste for a more unusual name they may not want to put in first place.

Along with Charles and Lennox, other baby boy middle names common as first names in the US Top 1000 include Atlas, Cash, Fox, Henry, Maverick, Orion, River, and Sam. Middle names for baby boys that are more unique include Bravery, Drummer, Lior, and Yale.

More people are giving their baby boys two middle names, too, so one can be a family name and the other something more personal or fanciful. The names here are typically used as middle names for boys. For even more names that work in the middle, browse our master list of Middle Names.

Link The name Link has several meanings. The mean...
Origin:Word name or diminutive of Lincoln
1116
Percy A typically masculine name of French origin,...
Origin:French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
296
Percy A typically masculine name of French origin,...
Origin:French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
1912
Bethany

Meaning: house of figs

Origin:Biblical place name and Hebrew
357
Tullia Tullia is primarily a variant of the Spanish...
Origin:Feminine form of Roman family name Tullius, meaning unknown
2306
Maven

Meaning: one who understands

Origin:Word name or Hebrew
1166
Nara

Meaning: happy

Origin:Japanese place name or Celtic
611
Nile

Meaning: champion

Origin:River name, color name, or variation of Niall, Irish
1897
Locklyn

Meaning: lake land

Origin:Variation of male name Lachlin, Gaelic
2184
Maple

Meaning: piece of cloth

Origin:English tree name from Latin
849
Lark Lark is a name that is generally given to ba...
Origin:Bird name
2254
Sissy

Meaning: sister

Origin:Diminutive of Cecilia; pet name for "sister"
2461
Ivory

Meaning: pale, white

Origin:Word name meaning the hard, white material from the tusks and teeth of animals; can also mean "pale, white"
1321
Zaynab

Meaning: beauty, grace

Origin:Arabic, tree name or "beauty, grace"
2661
Pansy

Meaning: thought

Origin:English flower name from French
2903
Linda

Meaning: pretty

Origin:Spanish, Portuguese and Italian word name meaning "pretty"
825
Sorrel

Meaning: reddish brown

Origin:Botanical name and French
1798
Sorrel

Meaning: reddish brown

Origin:Botanical name and French
4689
Doss Doss is a beautiful baby name that is gender...
Origin:Surname name and British English word name
5276
Florida

Meaning: flowery

Origin:Place name and Spanish from Latin
6550