What? The Strangest Celebrity Middle Names

Jennifer Lawrence's middle name was probably once a family name: Shrader. The Oscar winner has not yet revealed why her parents chose this name.

Elton John chose his strange middle name himself. His full name is Sir Elton Hercules John. In comparison, his birth name was much less spectacular: Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

"I'm named after my grandad, my middle name. My full name is Zach Grandad Galifianakis," the 'Hangover' star once quipped on his stage show. Though his middle name isn't grandfather, it's still unusual: Knight.

Among these celebrities there is not only a knight, but also a real Princess: the R&B singer's full name is Ciara Princess Harris. Apparently she likes her royal middle name, having passed it on to her daughter Sienna in 2017.

Hugh Grant's family is said to have Anglo-Scottish ancestry, a genealogist once said. Did the actor inherit his unusual middle name from one of those ancestors? The Brit's full name is Hugh John Mungo Grant, and he actually named his first son John Mungo as well.

Another actor who has an unusual middle name is Chris Pine. But contrary to what one might assume, this is not due to a famous ancestor, but the middle name of his father, who inherited it from his mother. Her maiden name was Whitelaw.

In the English-speaking world, it is common for the son to be given the mother's maiden name as a middle name, as is the case with Kit Harington. The full name of the actor best known for his role in 'Game of Thrones' is Christopher Catesby Harington.

The matter becomes even more amusing when you consider that the respective mothers had a surname before marriage, which could also be the given name for girls. In the case of this actor, his full name is Matt Paige Damon.

It's a similar story for actor Richard Gere: his middle name is his mother's, Tiffany. Yes, right, Richard Tiffany Gere.