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Billie Eilish -

This anti-pop sensation's full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.

In an interview with BBC she explained the backstory, sort of. “Pirate was going to be my middle name but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad.” So her parents gave her extra middle names along with Pirate...

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Kate Hudson -

Kate Hudson's middle name is simply Garry.

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Tina Fey -

Tina Fey's real name is actually Elizabeth Fey. She adopted the name Tina from her unusual middle name which is Stamatina. 

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Elton John -

Elton John's birth name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight, but he chose Elton John as his new name when he became a musician. 

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Elton John - This also gave him the chance to choose a new middle name, and he chose Hercules! That's Elton Hercules John, thank you very much.

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Kendall Jenner - Kendall Jenner's middle name is Nicole. This seems normal, but the circumstances are very strange indeed. Kendall Jenner's mother Kris chose this name as a tribute to her friend Nicole Brown Simpson, who was murdered in 1994.

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Kendall Jenner -

Kris Jenner's ex-husband Robert Kardashian was close friends with the suspected murderer, O.J. Simpson. He even acted as one of his lawyers during the murder trial. 

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Hugh Grant - Hugh Grant managed to keep his strange middle name a secret for much of his career, but it all came out when he had to testify in court in 2011 and provide his full name. 

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Hugh Grant -

His full name is Hugh John Mungo Grant.

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Macaulay Culkin -

Macaulay Culkin's full name is Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. That's not a typo!

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Macaulay Culkin -

This time it's not the parents fault! In 2018 the actor allowed his fans to vote on a new middle name. The winning name was Macaulay Culkin, so he went and had his name legally changed to Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin!

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Adele -

Grammy award-winning singer Adele has a colorful middle name. Her full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins.

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Ciara -

R&B singer Ciara's middle name is Princess. Some would say Queen would be more fitting! 

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Kiefer Sutherland - Kiefer Sutherland's parents must have been feeling the pressure to pick a middle name for him. So much pressure that they just gave him all the names: Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland.

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Ralph Fiennes -

British actor Ralph Fiennes's full name makes him sound like a character out of 'Harry Potter.' His magical full name is Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. 

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Joseph Fiennes - His wizarding brother Joseph Fiennes was given a similar title: Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes. 

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Dido -

It's not a surprise that the singer Dido dropped her name and picked a simple four-letter alias. Her parents gave her the middle name Cloud de Bounevialle, and her real full name is Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. 

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Kobe Bryant -

The late Kobe Bryant's middle name was just Bean. 

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Uma Thurman - Uma Thurman has the unusual middle name Karuna. It came from her father who was a a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies. He was also the first Western man to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk!

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Courteney Cox - This 'Friends' star's full name is Courteney Bass Cox. Hard to say if that's a tribute to music or fishing? 

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Quincy Jones -

The legendary music producer Quincy Jones was given the middle name Delight by his parents. He must have been a cute baby! 

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Zach Galifianakis - Ironically the humble, fame-shy Zach Galifianakis' middle name is Knight. 

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Fred Trump -

Donald Trump's father Fred Trump had a pretty serious middle name. His parents named him Fred Christ Trump. 

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Richard Gere -

Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany. No shade, but that must have been rough in school! 

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Rain Phoenix -

Actress Rain Phoenix is the sister of fellow actors River and Joaquin Phoenix. An unusual middle name is expected when you come from a family like that! Her full name is Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix. 

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Nicholas Hoult -

Nicholas Hoult has the unusual middle name Caradoc. It's a Welsh name that belonged to an early British king and means "dearly beloved."

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Paul Giamatti -

Paul Giamatti's full name is Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti. Very romantic! 

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J. K. Rowling -

'Harry Potter' author J. K. Rowling's name has long been a mystery. She's known to have abbreviated her name as publishers were concerned that boys would be less likely to read the books of a female writer. Her full name is actually Joanne Rowling, the 'K' was made up!

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What next? -

Celebrities are notorious for giving their children eccentric names. Check out this list of the cringiest celebrity baby names.

Sources: (Global News) (Wonderwall) (Insider) (Cafe Mom) (People)

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