Etymology

middle name

Today it means: A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name. Full definition →

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middle name · noun1

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

middle name · noun2

Historically in the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines, the Spanish naming customs traditionally displayed the full name as: : first name + second name + father's surname + Spanish y (“and”) + mother's surname During the US colonial era of the Philippines, the US naming custom took effect where the mother's maiden name is used as a middle + name, which displayed the full name as: : first name + second name + middle name (“mother's surname before marriage”) + last name (“father's surname”)

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