Etymology
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(name between first and last names): First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.
middle name (plural middle names)
- A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.
I go by David but it's my middle name; my full name is William David Mason.
- (figuratively) A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person.
Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name.
I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name.
- (Philippines) One's mother's maiden name.
Translations
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name between given name and surname
- Catalan: segon prenom m, nom del mig m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 中間名字/中间名字 (zhōngjiān míngzi)
- Czech: prostřední jméno n, druhé jméno n
- Faroese: millumnavn n
- Finnish: toinen nimi, välinimi
- French: deuxième prénom m, patronyme (fr) m (patronymic)
- Georgian: მეორე სახელი (meore saxeli)
- German: zweiter Vorname m, Zwischenname (de) m, Zweitname m, Mittelname m
- Icelandic: millinafn (is) n
- Irish: lárainm m, dara hainm m
- Japanese: ミドルネーム (midoru nēmu)
- Macedonian: сре́дно и́ме n (srédno íme)
- Portuguese: nome do meio (pt) m
- Russian: второ́е и́мя n (vtoróje ímja), сре́днее и́мя n (srédneje ímja) (not used in Russia, patronymics are used instead, foreign context), о́тчество (ru) n (ótčestvo) (patronymic)
- Slovak: druhé meno n
- Spanish: segundo nombre m
- Swedish: andranamn (sv) n
- Tagalog: gitnang pangalan
- Vietnamese: tên đệm, tên lót
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figuratively a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person
See also
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