29 Celebrity middle names that you definitely would not expect

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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

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

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

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

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