Midnight: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance

Meaning
Middle of the night
Origin
English
Gender
Unisex
Pronunciation
MID-nyte

Midnight is an English unisex name meaning “Middle of the night”. It appears in our list of 175+ Baby Names That Mean Dark or Night — Mysterious, Moody, and Magnetic.

Meaning & Origin of Midnight

Meaning: Middle of the night.

Origin: English.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Midnight

MID-nyteIPA /ˈmɪdnaɪt/

Popularity of Midnight

Midnight doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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