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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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'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.

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