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middle name

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as in maiden name

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Recent Examples of middle name Egbert Rutherford, who went by his middle name Donovan, and his wife were together for three decades and married for 13 years. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 The only Marcelo Andrade in the database is a New York City resident with a different middle name who had a student pilot certificate in 2016. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 In her speech, Michelle Obama alluded to the current president, who has long fueled a debunked conspiracy theory about Barack Obama's birthplace and continues to refer to him as Barack Hussein Obama, his middle name a suggestion of suspicion. — Susan Page, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Born in Liverpool to a Norwegian father and a French mother in 2002, his middle name is Gerard, which feels too coincidental not to be linked with the Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier, a Frenchman who was heavily involved with the France national team across his career. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle name

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Noun

Lewis, whose maiden name was Haines, attended South Plantation High School and was one of six siblings, her niece said.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
The Additional Information in the next item consists of your driver’s license, passport, medical insurance account, and your mother’s maiden name.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026

Definition of maiden name

Noun

For all the talk of lineage, Be Sweet to Me is fundamentally about carving out space not in opposition to her family name, but outside of it.

— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 July 2026
Allen lived up to the family name, bringing all the rock & roll energy and Lonestar State mojo to tracks from his latest LP, Fault Lines.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026

Definition of family name

Noun

Five-year-old Tina Carter waited patiently with her mother Diana in a long line to carefully print her first name on a timecapsule scroll to be exhumed in 2076.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
The Bachelor Nation star and his wife landed on the twins' first names after testing them out with River, who didn't hesitate to make the monikers part of her everyday vocabulary even before her little sisters were born.

— Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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