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.”
Recent Examples on the Web
Denny and her sister's sons — Hayes and Owen — share a middle name, Michael.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The elder Brown, who goes by his middle name, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Thursday.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
While there are plenty of practical and heartwarming reasons for a parent to call their child by a middle name, lots of commenters who go by their middle names were very vocal about the pain points that often accompany the practice.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Landecker, whose middle name really is Records, left WLS in 1981, going through an alphabet soup of radio stations, including stops in Toronto and Cleveland.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The elder Brown, who goes by his middle name, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Thursday.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
While there are plenty of practical and heartwarming reasons for a parent to call their child by a middle name, lots of commenters who go by their middle names were very vocal about the pain points that often accompany the practice.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Landecker, whose middle name really is Records, left WLS in 1981, going through an alphabet soup of radio stations, including stops in Toronto and Cleveland.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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