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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.

Anchor Anchor is a very popular name usually used f...
Origin:Word name
2561
Forest

Meaning: woodsman or woods

Origin:French occupational name
617
Akira

Meaning: bright, intelligent

Origin:Japanese
1451
Fable The meaning of the name Fable is 'a story wi...
Origin:Word name
3738
Wilde

Meaning: undomesticated, uncultivated

Origin:English surname, variation of Wild, English word name
1671
Sparrow This is a unisex name and the meaning of Spa...
Origin:Nature name
4454
Curry The meaning of Curry is 'belonging to the ma...
Origin:Word name; surname from Ó Comhraidhe
9590
Nature The meaning of Nature is ‘element of the nat...
Origin:English word name
12800
Harbor Harbor, a name from the English language, is...
Origin:Word name
1573
Havana The meaning of Havana is ‘port’. It is a gen...
Origin:Place-name
6927
Meridian

Meaning: midday / pinnacle

Origin:Latin
3466
Kindred

Meaning: family; connectedness

Origin:English word name
8914
Horizon Horizon is of American origin. It is a gende...
Origin:Word name
10609
Explorer

Meaning: one who explores

Origin:English word name
10064
Reed

Meaning: red-haired

Origin:English
522
Bamboo Bamboo is a name usually used for naming boy...
Origin:Word name
4074
Almond

Meaning: almond; noble strength; German

Origin:English word name or variation of Almund or Aleman, German
4140
Bingo The name Bingo is of Italian origin. It is u...
Origin:Word name
4149
Creek Creek is a popular name in today’s world and...
Origin:English word name
4160
Deux The name Deux is a masculine word name, that...
Origin:Word name
4163