English Explanatory Dictionary

middle name

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.
  2. A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person.
noun
  1. One's mother's maiden name.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

middle name middle names

Etymology

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

Related words

personal name first name last name

Derived words

danger is one's middle name is my middle name middle-nameless NMN
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