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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In her speech, Michelle Obama alluded to the current president, who has long fueled a debunked conspiracy theory about Barack Obama's birthplace and continues to refer to him as Barack Hussein Obama, his middle name a suggestion of suspicion.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Emily married on the same day as Reagan and Homer's wedding anniversary and later welcomed daughter Haisley Michelle, who has the same middle name as Reagan.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Calibration is this laptop's middle name, with a MUX Switch that boosts your gaming performance by 5-10%.
—Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Raised by his mother in the mountains of Harlan, Kentucky, the adolescent Pritchett chose to join his middle name and his stepfather’s last to form a new identity, that of Arthur Smith.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
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Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Emily married on the same day as Reagan and Homer's wedding anniversary and later welcomed daughter Haisley Michelle, who has the same middle name as Reagan.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
Calibration is this laptop's middle name, with a MUX Switch that boosts your gaming performance by 5-10%.
—Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Raised by his mother in the mountains of Harlan, Kentucky, the adolescent Pritchett chose to join his middle name and his stepfather’s last to form a new identity, that of Arthur Smith.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20name. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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