"middle name" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-middle name.wav Forms: middle names [plural]
Etymology: First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835. Head templates: {{en-noun}} middle name (plural middle names)
  1. a name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name Categories (topical): Onomastics
    Sense id: en-middle_name-en-noun-uBxnnNNW Disambiguation of Onomastics: 66 4 31 Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 12 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 40 18 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 12 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 41 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 43 10 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 43 10 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 43 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 21 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 40 20 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 10 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 43 10 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 40 18 43
  2. (figuratively) a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-middle name.wav Forms: middle names [plural]
Etymology: From the adaptation of Filipino full names from former Spanish naming customs to the US naming custom of given name first, then the mother's surname before marriage, then the father's surname. Head templates: {{en-noun}} middle name (plural middle names)
  1. (Philippines) one's mother's maiden name Tags: Philippines Related terms: personal name, first name, last name, danger is one's middle name, is my middle name, NMN Translations (figuratively a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person): toinen nimi (Finnish), apellido [masculine] (Spanish), segundo nombre [masculine] (Spanish), apodo [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (name between given name and surname): segon prenom [masculine] (Catalan), nom del mig [masculine] (Catalan), 中間名字 /中间名字 (zhōngjiān míngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), prostřední jméno [neuter] (Czech), druhé jméno [neuter] (Czech), millumnavn [neuter] (Faroese), toinen nimi (Finnish), välinimi (Finnish), deuxième prénom [masculine] (French), patronyme [masculine, patronymic] (French), მეორე სახელი (meore saxeli) (Georgian), zweiter Vorname [masculine] (German), Zwischenname [masculine] (German), Zweitname [masculine] (German), Mittelname [masculine] (German), millinafn [neuter] (Icelandic), lárainm [masculine] (Irish), dara hainm [masculine] (Irish), ミドルネーム (midoru nēmu) (Japanese), сре́дно и́ме (srédno íme) [neuter] (Macedonian), nome do meio [masculine] (Portuguese), второ́е и́мя (vtoróje ímja) [neuter] (Russian), сре́днее и́мя (srédneje ímja) (note: not used in Russia, patronymics are used instead, foreign context) [neuter] (Russian), о́тчество (ótčestvo) [neuter, patronymic] (Russian), druhé meno [neuter] (Slovak), segundo nombre [masculine] (Spanish), andranamn [neuter] (Swedish), gitnang pangalan (Tagalog), gitnang apelyido (Tagalog), tên đệm (Vietnamese), tên lót (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-middle_name-en-noun-AF18mRb7 Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 20 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 15 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 12 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 40 18 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 12 44 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 15 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 41 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 15 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 43 10 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 43 10 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 19 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 43 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 21 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 17 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 40 20 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 14 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 43 10 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 43 10 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 40 18 43
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Mittelname"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "millinafn"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "lárainm"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
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      "word": "dara hainm"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "midoru nēmu",
      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
      "word": "ミドルネーム"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "сре́дно и́ме"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "nome do meio"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vtoróje ímja",
      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "второ́е и́мя"
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      "note": "not used in Russia, patronymics are used instead, foreign context",
      "roman": "srédneje ímja",
      "sense": "name between given name and surname",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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