Middle Names for Boys (with Meanings and Popularity)

In the Capability Brown vein -- not a choice to be made lightly.

Why beat around the bush with a name like Elvis or Axl when you can come right out and name your baby Rocker? Your grandma will be scandalized, but teenage Rocker will kiss your feet.

In literary circles, this name will be immediately recognized as a reference to the poetic stanza; outside such circles, this name may cause confusion for names like Coltrane or Cobain.

Chosen by one musician, Todd Rundgren, for his son, but unlikely to be emulated by others.

Sarah Palin and husband Todd, creative baby-namers, named their oldest son Track because of their love for running.

The term Quarto comes to us from the Latin for "four", but it is used as a term in literature to describe a book from the early days of printing that was a particular size. An obscure and potentially intriguing choice for arcane, book-loving parents.