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Recent Examples of middle name
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.
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
If John Kennedy Schlossberg‘s middle name were Smith, would anyone be voting for him?
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
Andy Samberg Some celebs prefer their middle name to their first, while others take on a stage name just to sound cooler.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
But this Kennedy, born less than two years after the president was assassinated, is unrelated and bears the middle name of Flanders.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 20 May 2026
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
If John Kennedy Schlossberg‘s middle name were Smith, would anyone be voting for him?
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
Andy Samberg Some celebs prefer their middle name to their first, while others take on a stage name just to sound cooler.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
But this Kennedy, born less than two years after the president was assassinated, is unrelated and bears the middle name of Flanders.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle name
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Cristina’s family is Polish, hence her maiden name being Oleink.—
Jenna Thompson
June 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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If the bank still asks for his mother's maiden name or previous address as a verification question, those answers are likely already on a data broker site.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The estate has a long, storied history under many family names, but in 1575, the Essenault family rechristened it by contracting their family name to Issan.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Only one Floridian, a Weston resident with a different first name, has the Andrade surname and a certificate to fly a helicopter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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Just as the upcycled uniforms were once worn by people, Wong’s collaborative range carries human-sounding first names.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
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Toni is an abbreviation of her baptismal name, Anthony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Born with his baptismal name of Robert Francis Prevost, his papal name is more of a traditional choice — and one with a storied history.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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France is a country that fastidiously applies rigorous nomenclature to everything from cheese to wine.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Not to be confused with the front-engined V-12 series of 250s (Ferrari nomenclature can get messy), the 1963 Ferrari 250 LM was a mid-engined Prancing Horse made to enable Maranello to homologate its new GT racing car in the early 1960s.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20name. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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