Having a middle name as an extra identifier can ease the too-common name feeling. If you have a super common first and last ...

“We’ve noticed many more plural surname names — i.e. Rhodes, Townes, Santos — as middle names, all of which are rising as first names as well,” says Kihm. Nameberry’s analysis found ...

There are also "extravagant feminine middle names" such as Josephine, Marjorie, Esmeralda and Juliette, and "last names as ...

She sought to change her child’s first, middle and last names. She requested to change the first name to a more masculine name, the middle name to her own middle name and the last name to the father’s ...