“Uncover the Bizarre Middle Names of Your Favorite Celebrities: You Won’t Believe What They Are!”
Elton Hercules John
Elton John’s birth name is actually Reginald Kenneth Dwight. He changed his name to Elton John in homage to two members of Bluesology: saxophonist Elton Dean and vocalist Long John Baldry. He legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John on 7 January 1972.
He didn’t choose the middle name Hercules because of the figure from Greek mythology. He picked it because of a horse named Hercules on the British sitcom Steptoe and Son.
Elizabeth Stamatina Fey
This actress who you know as Tina Fey has a pretty unusual full name. She goes by a shortened version of her middle name, but her full name is Elizabeth Stamatina Fey.
Stamatina is a Greek name derived from the word “stamato” meaning “stop.” Maybe Tina’s parents wanted people to “stop” and take notice of their daughter, which we totally did. Tina’s comedy definitely makes you stop in your tracks.
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt
Ben Affleck’s middle name is Géza. He spoke about his unusual middle name with The Boston Herald a few years ago.
Ben said, “My parents named me after a Hungarian friend of theirs named Géza. When I got to be in the fourth or fifth grade I threw a huge fit and I was like, ‘You are the worst namer of people in the world!’ … Everybody calls me, ‘Ben-Gay’ … This was way before being gay was as cool as it is now.”
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