MIDDLE NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle name mean? 

• MIDDLE NAME (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE NAME has 1 sense:

1. a name between your first name and your surname

  Familiarity information: MIDDLE NAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name between your first name and your surname

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("middle name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

 Context examples 

A word or group of words indicating the identity of a person usually consisting of a first (personal) name and a last (family) name with an optional middle name.

(Person Name, NCI Thesaurus)

The first letters of the person's first name, middle name, and last name.

(Person Initials, NCI Thesaurus)