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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Lachi – her stage name a play on her Nigerian middle name Ulachi – was born with colomba, a condition in which the fetus' eyes fail to develop properly.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
There were five options for the new middle name including the winner Macaulay Culkin.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025
Culkin legally changed his middle name in 2019.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Kimberly Lee Kessler -- kind of a silly middle name, isn't it?
—ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
There were five options for the new middle name including the winner Macaulay Culkin.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025
Culkin legally changed his middle name in 2019.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
Kimberly Lee Kessler -- kind of a silly middle name, isn't it?
—ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for middle name
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20name. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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