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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.

Hieronymous

Meaning: sacred name

Origin:Greek
5292
Freeman

Meaning: free man

Origin:Word name or surname name, English
3506
Cliff The name used to refer to people residing ne...
Origin:Topographical name or short form of Clifford or Clifton
1360
Origin:Spelling variation of word name King
9724
Maize Maize is an English origin unisex name used ...
Origin:English word name and nature name
6030
Brighton

Meaning: bright town

Origin:English, place name meaning "bright town"
2070
Amen The meaning of Amen is ‘trusted.’ The name d...
Origin:Word name or variation of Amon
7332
Trilby Trilby is a habitational name based on a pla...
Origin:Place name, surname, and literary name
2856
Chrysalis

Meaning: a quiescent insect pupa, of a butterfly or moth

Origin:Nature name, English word name
4454
Kaizer The meaning of ‘Kaizer’ is ‘Long-haired king...
Origin:Spelling variation of word name Kaiser
3880
Euphony

Meaning: well sounding

Origin:English word name from the Greek Euphonia
8341
Easter The meaning of Easter is ‘goddess of fertili...
Origin:English, from German
2265
Belphoebe

Meaning: beautiful Diana

Origin:Invented name from "The Faerie Queene"; roughly translates as "beautiful Diana"
3975
February

Meaning: purification feast

Origin:Word name or Latin
5982
Zeynep

Meaning: beauty

Origin:Turkish form of Zaynab, Arabic nature name or "beauty"
1713
Duna

Meaning: eiderdown

Origin:Hungarian river name or Icelandic
4517
Shem

Meaning: name

Origin:Hebrew
3257
Safari

Meaning: journey

Origin:African word name from Swahili
6064
Safari

Meaning: journey

Origin:African word name from Swahili
8964
Channel The name Channel is a beautiful baby and the...
Origin:Word name or variation of Chanel
5670