Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middle name

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: mid-dle -name
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.

noun

A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person.

noun

One's mother's maiden name.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name."
"I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name."
"Oddly enough, it had never yet occurred to her to wonder what other women made of Peter, or he of them. This must argue either very great confidence or very great indifference on her part; for, when one came to think of it, eligibility was his middle name."
"Re-elect Mayor Goldie Wilson! Progress is his middle name!"

Etymology

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

Inflected Forms

middle names (plural)

Derived Forms

NMN

Phrases

danger is one's middle name is my middle name middle-nameless personal name first name last name

Frequently Paired Words

personal name first name last name

Questions

What does middle name mean?: A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.
Where does middle name come from?: First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

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