Middle names for Gus

1. KnoxBoth names hold up across a lifetime — preschool to retirement.
2. MaeBoth names have been working steadily since 1880.
3. RiggsOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
4. TheodoreTiny first, sprawling middle. A dramatic move.
5. BennettOld plus new — the way good names usually are.
6. WolfShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
7. ReefQuietly good. The kind of name people compliment without explaining why.
8. ValeThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
9. NorthSaying it out loud feels right, and that's most of the test.
10. WrenOld-fashioned first, growing-thing middle. Balanced.
11. BeeIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.
12. ButterflyThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
13. ApolloThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
14. MercuryThe middle stretches the rhythm out without breaking it.
15. MoonOne-syllable middles hit like a closing door — this one closes well.
16. SunThe consonant from the first lands right against the next one — somehow it works.
17. WolfShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
18. SteelThe consonant from the first lands right against the next one — somehow it works.
19. SlateThe consonant from the first lands right against the next one — somehow it works.
20. RoseGarden name on a parlor name.
21. BjornThe clipped middle sharpens the softer first.
22. WellsThe combination doesn't fight itself.
23. BrooksShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
24. BirchThe combination doesn't fight itself.
25. BardShort middles after two-beat firsts always sound a little decisive.
26. RiffIt sounds like a name that already exists somewhere — like you remembered it instead of inventing it.