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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