Definitions for middle name
mid·dle name

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1. middle namenoun

   a name between your first name and your surname

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1. middle namenoun

   A name between the given name and the family name or surname

2. middle namenoun

   A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or that excellently describes a person.

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1. Middle name

   In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between the person's first given name and their surname. A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just initial. A person may be given a middle name regardless of whether it is necessary to distinguish them from other people with the same given name and surname. In cultures where a given name is expected to precede the surname, additional names are likely to be placed after the given name and before the surname, and thus called middle names. The use of multiple middle names has been somewhat impeded recently by the increased use of computer databases that occasionally allow for only a single middle name or more commonly a middle initial in storing personal records, effectively preventing people with multiple middle names from being listed in such databases under their full name. This is worsened by longer compound names, like María del Pilar Pereyra or María de las Nieves García Fernández. A workaround would be to add the middle name alongside the first given name or surname, however this is not always possible.

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1. middle name

   A middle name is a name that appears between a person's first name and surname. It is often given at birth, like the first name and surname, and is used as a part of the person's full legal name. Some cultures or families might choose a middle name to honor a relative, carry on a family tradition, or to add a secondary personal identifier.

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1. Middle name

   People's names in several cultures include one or more additional names placed between the first given name and the surname. Middle names could be either given names or surnames. In Canada and the United States, such names are specifically referred to as middle name; in most European countries they would simply be regarded as second, third, etc. given names. In some countries there is usually only one middle name, and in the United States and Canada it is often abbreviated to the middle initial or omitted entirely in everyday use. In the United Kingdom he would usually be referred to either as James Bass, J. R. Bass or James Ronald Bass, or he may choose Ronald Bass, and informally there may be familiar shortenings. An individual may have more than one given name, or none. In some other countries, the term middle name is only used for names that are originally last names, but not part of the last name of the bearer. It is debatable how long middle names have existed in English speaking countries, but it is certain that among royalty and aristocracy the practice existed by the late 17th century, as exemplified in the name of the Stuart pretender James Francis Edward Stuart.

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1. • Name

How to pronounce middle name?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say middle name in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of middle name in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of middle name in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of middle name in a Sentence

1. Dennis Fakes:

   Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.

2. Scott Carneghi:

   My middle name is Shenanigans

3. Carol Burnett:

   That was Carrie’s favorite flower, she had one tattooed on her right shoulder. Then at dinner the matre d’ gave us a bottle of champagne, and the label said ‘ Louise. ’ That was Carrie’s middle name. Then it rained on opening night. Carrie and I were nuts for the rain.

4. Phil Noble/Getty Images Meghan:

   Samantha Markle, who I had n’t seen for over a decade – and that was only for a day and a half – suddenly, it felt like Samantha Markle was everywhere, i do n’t know your middle name. I do n’t know your birthday. You’re telling these people that you raised me, and you’ve coined me ‘ Princess Pushy. ’.

5. Megan Smith:

   We just weren’t taking it, we said, ‘We have to have faith,’ and that’s when we made her middle name ‘Faith’ because we weren’t going to give up on her.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=middle name
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Middle_Name
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Name
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=middle name