middle name
noun
1
: a name between one's first name and surname
2
: a term that is particularly apt to denote a person's qualities or affinities
patience is her middle name
Examples of middle name in a Sentence
President John F. Kennedy's middle name was “Fitzgerald.”
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You were born free, but now some rando who doesn’t know your middle name gets to tell you which days you’re allowed to relax?
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Ramsey's first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
The former couple wed at Althorp in 2011 and share 12-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana, whose middle name honors her late aunt.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name, Lyle, and younger brother Erik Menendez have been in California prisons since 1996, serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for their parents' 1989 slayings.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Ramsey's first name is a combination of her father's first and middle names.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
The former couple wed at Althorp in 2011 and share 12-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana, whose middle name honors her late aunt.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Joseph Menendez, who goes by his middle name, Lyle, and younger brother Erik Menendez have been in California prisons since 1996, serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for their parents' 1989 slayings.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20name. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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