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Other notable people have it as their middle name, such as actress Soleil Moon Frye.
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 July 2025
In 2017, one year after the Queen of Katwe soundtrack, Mamdani released Salaam under his middle name, Zohran Kwame.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Fulton alleges authorities ignored discrepancies, including their different middle names, different dates of birth and different states on their driver’s licenses.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
At the time, Trump and others raised questions around Obama's heritage and referenced his middle name as a reason voters should be wary of him.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 July 2025
In 2017, one year after the Queen of Katwe soundtrack, Mamdani released Salaam under his middle name, Zohran Kwame.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Fulton alleges authorities ignored discrepancies, including their different middle names, different dates of birth and different states on their driver’s licenses.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 24 July 2025
At the time, Trump and others raised questions around Obama's heritage and referenced his middle name as a reason voters should be wary of him.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle name
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Ask Lucy ‘Tough’ Bronze — her middle name taken from her mother Diane’s maiden name.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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At the time of Diana's death, the future Duchess of Edinburgh was a public relations professional known by her maiden name, Sophie Rhys-Jones, and was dating Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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The few developers outside North America willing to pay for the use of his family name were mostly building condominiums in lower-rent parts of the developing world.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Among them is Gao, who grew up in the remote mountains of Guizhou and asked to only be identified by her family name.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Captain Ethan Ampadu is almost certainly going to be one of the first names on Farke’s team sheet going into the opening weeks of the season.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The baby — identified only by his first name, Carter — had been left with relatives in Ormond Beach while his parents went out to to dinner to celebrate his mother’s 21st birthday, according to Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 July 2025
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The new pope’s name, as well as his baptismal names, will be translated into Latin in the announcement but his former surname will remain in his native language.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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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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Those familiar with the nomenclature of meteorites will already be aware from the NWA prefix that it was found in North West Africa, but to be more specific, it was found in Niger’s remote Agadez region of the Sahara desert by a professional meteorite hunter.—
Mike Hanlon
July 03,
New Atlas,
3 July 2025
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Surgeons employ a precise classification and nomenclature system to characterize scoliosis, tailoring their approach based on the patient’s age, the type of scoliosis and the underlying cause driving its development.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Middle name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20name. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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