middle name
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- noun
- /ˈmɪdəl neɪm/
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- What is your daughter's middle name, Mrs. MacNeil?
And then my middle name is from my grandmother.
- And then my middle name is from my grandmother.
- And Fast forward, my oldest son's middle name is Raleigh.
- OK, so my middle name is spelled Hoya, not Jo Double LA.
- We forgot that the middle name for all of our children is my wife's maiden name.
- Sometimes I ask her a question like OK, what is Oprah's middle name?
- So then last minute I changed the middle name.
- And so my flight has been booked under my first name and middle name.
- The last time we put you up against a black man with the name Barack, whose middle name was Hussein.
Examples
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What's your middle name? - Ivan.
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Her middle name is Ellen, which she shares with her grandmother.
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Okay, could I say I know her full name, her middle name?
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- It's my middle name.
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In the Banks family, the boys were referred to by their middle names unless they were in big trouble.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her middle name is Ellen.
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And then his middle name, Leo, he actually got because Fraser chose it.
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Harriet was my sister's name, and unlike my two brothers and me, she had no middle name.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her name is Ella and little known fact her middle name is Menopi.
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During introductions, please remember to include your middle name.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a name that comes between the first name and surname' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'middle' (in the centre/between) with 'name' (an identifier). This is a straightforward noun compound following common compositional patterns and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Middle name comes from the simple idea of a name placed in the middle of a person's full name. People often gave this extra name to 'show family links' or to 'tell people apart', so today a middle name still helps make a name different or show a family connection.