Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

    María is a common middle name in Spanish, as in José María García.

    zweiter Vorname, Zwischenname, Zweitname

    второ́е и́мяvtoróje ímja, сре́днее и́мяsrédneje ímja, о́тчествоótčestvo

    a name between your first name and your surname

  2. (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.

  3. (Philippines)One's mother's maiden name.

    Juan Rico Martinez dela Cruz III is my full name, where Martinez is my middle name, but people just call me "JR".

    Maria Clara Teresita Reyes dela Cruz is my full name, where Reyes is my middle name, but you can call me Tessie or Tess.

Examples

45 sentences
  1. Do you have a middle name?

    У тебе є друге ім'я? — deniko

  2. I thought your middle name was Tom.

    Я думав, твоє друге ім'я — Том. — deniko

  3. I know his middle name isn't Tom.

    Я знаю, що його друге ім'я не Том. — deniko

  4. I know his middle name is Tom.

    Я знаю, що його друге ім'я — Том. — deniko

  5. Tom asked me what my middle name was.

    Том запитав мене, яке у мене друге ім'я. — deniko

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
name between given name and surname:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
name between given name and surname:

Origin

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835. Historically in the Spanish colonial era of the

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

Historically in the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines, the Spanish naming customs traditionally displayed the full name as:

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Forms

plural: middle names
Singularmiddle name
Pluralmiddle names

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
middle name — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto