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middle name

noun

  1. the part of a person's name occurring between the first and family names, as a second given name or a maternal surname.


middle name

noun

  1. a name between a person's first name and surname
  2. a characteristic quality for which a person is known

    caution is my middle name



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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle name1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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Example Sentences

Middle-name-free passport in hand, Kawalek boarded a flight to Israel the next day.

The reason IMC was less than thrilled about sending Kawalek into Gaza was his middle name, Zvi.

They told me that if I could get a new passport without my middle name in it, they would be willing to consider it.

Grossman recruited Noel Stookey instead, who henceforth went by his middle name Paul.

Barzee married Smart to Mitchell—her new name was Shearjashub, but she preferred her new middle name, which was Esther.

Cullen will be easily identified, as the middle name of Bryant.

The eldest son of every daughter was called Gano, and Gano was given to each succeeding child for a middle name.

His maternal ancestors, from whom he received his middle name,—the Gerrisbes,—emigrated from England to this country in 1640.

Ask your uncle if there wasnt a middle name somebody almost gave you once, and if there was use it.

Ah, of course, that middle name reminds me of something else.

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