Unlike first names, middle names are largely inconsequential to a person’s identity. You can go months (hell, sometimes years) before learning a close friend’s middle name. Bad ones don’t elicit the same schoolyard ridicule as bad first names. Often they only come up if you happen to be into monograms. I didn’t learn which way my middle name was spelled until early high school (for the record, it’s Meghan).
But once in a while, you hear a first and middle name duo so perfectly in sync that you can’t help but want to say both names every time. So it’s worth thinking about what middle name to bestow upon your daughter. Here are 57 beautiful, versatile middle names for girls that are a little more original than Rose, Emma, or Marie.
- Mae
- Grace
- Hope
- Rae
- Imani: means “faith” in Swahili
- Zoe: means “life” in Greek
- Violet
- Hunter
- Bee
- Ivy
- Nova
- Angelou
- Phoenix
- Lane
- Alea
- Ivory
- Ceci
- Joy
- Doe
- Ruby
- Briar
- June
- Kennedy
- Anne
- Fin
- Aria
- Bea
- Kay
- Blair
- Posey
- Jade
- Blithe
- Catherine
- Kit
- Ellen
- Moon
- Lily
- Fay
- Frances
- True
- Grey
- Halo
- Jazz
- Lynn
- Harper
- Jo
- Haven
- Maeve
- Lee
- Paige
- Liberty
- Shea
- Leon
- Quincy
- Reed
- Sage
- Rain
