29 Celebrity middle names that you definitely would not expect

We will never be able to look at Jennifer Lawrence in the same way…

We will never be able to look at Jennifer Lawrence in the same way…

Unusual baby name choices seem like a celebrity rite of passage these days, with A-Listers going out of their way to make sure their child’s name is a divisive talking point.

Apple, Blue Ivy, North – and don’t even get us started on Jamie Oliver’s brood: Daisy Boo, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear, Poppy Honey and new arrival River Rocket.

We don’t know why these A-listers do it, but it could be something to do with the unusual names given to them when they were born. Their stage names may sound normal but a strong celebrity theme seems to be having a very unexpected middle name.

From Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence to Adele and Orlando Bloom, here are some of the most surprising celebrity middle names…

1. James Kimberley Corden 2. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence 3. Elton Hercules John 4. Billie Paul Piper 5. Daniel Wroughton Craig 6. Adele Laurie Blue Atkins

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7. Orlando Blanchard Bloom 8. Kathrin Romary Beckinsale 9. Hugh John Mungo Grant 10. Nicolas Kim Cage 11. Hilary Erhard Duff 12. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

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13. Jude Heyworth Law 14. Damian Watcyn Lewis 15. Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong 16. Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes 17. Matt Paige Damon 18. Kate Garry Hudson

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19. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson 20. Andrew Barron Murray 21. Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bundchen 22. Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill 23. Richard Tiffany Gere 24. Ben Géza Affleck

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25. Uma Karuna Thurman 26. Courtney Bass Cox 27. Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley 28. Will Carroll Smith 29. Kit Catesby Harington

Jenny Proudfoot
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