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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

Ramona

Meaning: wise protector

Origin:Spanish, feminine variation of Ramon
309
Bree

Meaning: strength or exalted one

Origin:Irish, from Brid, Brigh, Brigid
822
Colette

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, Greek
210
Kit

Meaning: bearer of Christ

Origin:English, diminutive of Christopher
92
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Origin:Word name
472
Lux

Meaning: light

Origin:Latin
522
Origin:Word name and surname
2815
Amadeus

Meaning: lover of God

Origin:Latin
253
Nico

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
85
Zane

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Possible variation of John
110
Zephyr

Meaning: west wind

Origin:Greek
247
Bo

Meaning: to live

Origin:Norse nickname
575
Beck

Meaning: small stream

Origin:English
659
Atlas

Meaning: bearer of the heavens

Origin:Greek
1830
Knox

Meaning: round hill

Origin:Scottish
77
Thiago

Meaning: supplanter

Origin:Spelling variation of Tiago, diminutive of Santiago
256
Rhys

Meaning: ardor

Origin:Welsh
80
Flynn

Meaning: descendant of the red-haired one

Origin:Irish
126
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Rhodes

Meaning: where roses grow

Origin:Greek
309