middle name

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. One's mother's maiden name. Philippines
    — Juan Rico Martinez dela Cruz III is my full name, where Martinez is my middle name, but people just call me "JR".
  3. A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person. figuratively
    — Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name.

词形变化

middle names plural middle names plural

词源

词源 1
First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.
词源 2
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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