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Cool Middle Names

Hello, cool middle names, and bye-bye to the bland connectives of generations past, the ubiquitous Ann that almost sounded like and, because the middle name has now taken on a much more active part in the naming process. It's a place to honor the family, be creative or whimsical, use a name you're not quite brave enough to try as a first.

Among the most popular middle names today are Grace, Rose, and Marie for girls, and James, Lee, and Michael for boys. We’d coolify them as Gray, Roux, and Marais, and Jaz, Lane, and McCoy.

Single-syllable names are especially cool in the middle right now. Recent celebrity choices include Dove, Sage, and Wolf. You may want to look for a middle name with a cool initial, such as Ximena, Quebec, or Zane.

Here, some cool names that are perfect for middle place, mostly for girls but a handful for boys. Or explore beyond cool with our master list of more than 900 middle names of all kinds.

Cool Middle Names

Sage

Meaning: wise

Origin:Herb name; Latin
126
Scout The name Scout is of different origins. It h...
Origin:Word name
388
Indigo

Meaning: Indian dye

Origin:Greek
1370
Leilani

Meaning: heavenly flower

Origin:Hawaiian
554
Serenity

Meaning: peaceful

Origin:Latin
576
Monroe

Meaning: mouth of the Roe river

Origin:Scottish
795
Valentina

Meaning: strength, health

Origin:Latin
203
Octavia

Meaning: eighth

Origin:Latin
306
Priscilla

Meaning: ancient

Origin:Latin, diminutive of Prisca
349
Ophelia

Meaning: help

Origin:Greek
9
Magnolia

Meaning: Magnol's flower

Origin:Flower name, from French surname
199
Lyra

Meaning: lyre

Origin:Greek
28
Persephone

Meaning: bringer of destruction

Origin:Greek
83
Calliope

Meaning: beautiful voice

Origin:Greek mythology name
87
Quinn

Meaning: descendent of Conn

Origin:Irish
176
Estelle

Meaning: star

Origin:French
189
Theodora

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Feminine variation of Theodore
208
Neve

Meaning: snow

Origin:Anglicized spelling of Irish Niamh or Italian and Portuguese
403
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Una

Meaning: one; lamb; happy

Origin:Latin, Irish, or Old Norse
493