Thesaurus results for MIDDLE NAME

middle name

noun

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as in maiden name

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Recent Examples of middle name The baby’s middle name, Elizabeth, is a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Aug. 2026 Among Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren, Elizabeth is a middle name of Princess Charlotte, Lena Tindall, Sienna Mapelli Mozzi and Athena Mapelli Mozzi. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 All the host has to do is say his name — his full name, which includes his middle name, Harrington — without laughing. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle name

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Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Her roots in northwest Missouri run deep, as Mozingo Lake in Nodoway County carries her maiden name.

— Sophie Lindberg July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

Definition of maiden name

Noun

As is the Pickwick Theater, built by his grandfather, and the William Malone Fountain by Rita’s on the Northwest Highway keeps the family name in town.

— Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, changed the family name to Hepburn-Ruston before marrying van Heemstra in Batavia in 1926.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of family name

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The victim's wife, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Marlene, and did not want her face shown, said she was outraged by what happened.

— Peter D'Oench, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
They are identified by their first names only because of Vietnamese laws protecting vulnerable minors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of first name

Noun

Many women-forward organizations are rightfully changing their nomenclature and their audience to be inclusive of non-binary and trans women, because that’s a whole other subsection that is often more ignored.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 10 Aug. 2026
Public-health officials coined a nonjudgmental nomenclature that persists to this day.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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