10 surprising celebrity middle names from James Corden to Adele
19.03.2022 - 14:29
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Just like us regular folks, celebrities can have strange middle names that were the last thing we’d expect to go with the rest of their name. Although we’re used to stars giving their children creative and sometimes unusual names, we’re less used to hearing their unusual middle names, if we even know them at all. However, many of your favourite stars’ middle names have interesting back stories, with some being nods to beloved relatives, inspired by TV shows or are actually middle names being used as stage names.
Read on to discover some surprising celebrity middle names and where your favourite stars got their moniker. Elton Hercules John Though you might expect Elton John’s middle name to have a high and mighty origin, but it’s actually not from Hercules, the character from Greek mythology. Elton John’s birth name isn’t actually Elton John either, as he was previously known as Reggie Dwight before his fame.
The 74 year old picked his stage name after two members of his early band Bluesology: saxophonist Elton Dean and singer Long John Baldry. He then allegedly decided on Hercules as a middle name after a horse named Hercules from British sitcom Steptoe and Son, and changed his name legally to Elton Hecules John in 1972. Daniel Wroughton Craig Bond star Daniel Craig’s middle name, Wroughton, comes from his great-great-grandmother, Grace Matilda Wroughton.
Not much is known about his relative, but she is thought to have been born in India in 1845 and was left an orphan at the age of nine. She later lived in Brighton with her aunt after her stepmother died, but later returned to India after getting married at the tender age of 19. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins Although she’s recognisable worldwide by her first name only,
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