Thesaurus results for MIDDLE NAME

middle name

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as in maiden name

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Recent Examples of middle name Your album is named after your middle name, Machiko, which your mother gave you. — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026 The baby’s middle name is thought to be a tribute to Eugenie’s late paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2026 Her middle name, Hepler, was Lowe’s late mother’s maiden name and is his brother Rob Lowe’s middle name, per People. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 The four-meter-long veil, which was intricately embroidered with crystals and micro-beads forming star constellations, was a nod to Dove’s middle name, Celeste. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle name

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Thomas is his father’s first name (Luke’s full name is Thomas Luther Bryan) and Boyer is his mom Caroline’s maiden name.

— Lia Beck, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026
Portman came from the actress’s maternal grandmother’s maiden name, while Natalie was simply an Americanized version of her Hebrew first name.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of maiden name

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Our family name was originally Ungij, later changed to Angus by the missionaries.

— Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026
Bolsonaro, 45, aims to return his family name to power while his father serves time for attempting a coup to prevent the end of his 2019-2022 presidency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of family name

Noun

His unusual first name was dreamed up by his parents — an engineer dad named Joe and an artist named Bea — according to a 2009 Chicago Tribune article.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026
His parents, Joe and Bea, combined their names for their son’s first name.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of first name

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Records show that the pope is registered under his baptismal name, Robert Francis Prevost, to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, where his brother John lives.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Toni is an abbreviation of her baptismal name, Anthony.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Definition of baptismal name

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After leaving David Brown’s initials off its cars for a couple of decades, Aston Martin resurrected the DB nomenclature in the early 1990s for a new grand tourer.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
The technologies themselves aren't changing, but NASA's effort to implement the nomenclature introduces new obstacles for scientific communication and the agency's digital infrastructure.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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