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Recent Examples of middle name
Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales.
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Gma Team, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Her middle name isn’t a very sophisticated one.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Lee is commonly used as a middle name, but can easily pass as a unisex first name as well.
—Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
Fernanda asked to be identified by only her middle name because of her immigration status.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 23 Mar. 2026
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Gma Team, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
Her middle name isn’t a very sophisticated one.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Lee is commonly used as a middle name, but can easily pass as a unisex first name as well.
—Lisa Milbrand, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
Fernanda asked to be identified by only her middle name because of her immigration status.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle name
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Sarah, 45, even opted to keep her maiden name for business and branding after marrying her dentist husband, Patrick Kennedy, in 2009.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Prince Harry reportedly had a conversation with his uncle Charles Spencer—the younger brother of Princess Diana—about changing his and Meghan Markle’s surname to Spencer, which is Diana’s maiden name.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
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And Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy cashed in on the family name by selling beer.—
Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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His family name is a recognizable one Magyar comes from a family of prominent conservatives in Hungary, according to EuroNews.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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His battalion, which identified Oleksiy only by his first name, told CNN that a typical deployment is about three to four months for their unit.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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The 34-year-old, who lives in Montreal, asked to use only her first name to protect her privacy.—
Rebecca Flint Marx,
SELF,
20 Apr. 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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Of the 266 popes in history, 129 have chosen names different from their baptismal names.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT), the organization that determines global standards for health terms, receives up to 2,000 requests to amend nomenclature every year, either from individual members or groups.—
Annalisa Merelli,
STAT,
1 Apr. 2026
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Apart from achieving popular success by bringing botany to the people, Lamarck’s major purpose in French Flora was to exploit what seemed to be a little opening in the field of botany in the form of a rift among botanists regarding nomenclature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20name. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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