ˌmiddle ˈname noun [countable]

1. the name that is between your first name and your family name

2. something is sb’s middle name informal used to say that someone has a personal quality very strongly:
Don’t worry – discretion is my middle name.

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first name (also given name especially American English formal) the name chosen for you by your parents:
People usually call each other by their first name.
Please write your given name and your date of birth.
Christian name old-fashioned first name:
His Christian name was Joseph.
last name/family name/surname the name that you share with your family or husband. Most English speakers would say last name. Surname sounds slightly formal:
Can I have your last name?
Johnson is a common English family name.
At school they used to call each other by their surnames.
middle name the name between your first and last names:
Harry Potter’s middle name is James.
full name your first name, middle name, and last name:
I need your full name and address.
maiden name a woman’s family name before she married and began using her husband’s name:
My mother’s maiden name was Higgins.
married name a woman’s family name after she gets married, if she uses her husband’s name:
I don’t know what her married name is.
nickname a name that people call you because of your appearance, personality etc, which is not your real name:
At school he was given the nickname ‘Shorty’.
stage name the name that an actor uses which is not their real name:
She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore.
pen name (also pseudonym formal) a name that a writer uses which is not their real name:
Mark Twain was his pen name. His real name was Samuel Clemens.
She wrote under the pseudonym of George Eliot.
under an assumed name using a false name in order to hide your real name:
He had rented the car under an assumed name.
alias /ˈeɪliəs/ a false name, especially one used by a criminal:
He uses a number of aliases.
appellation formal a name which describes something – a very formal use:
This fine city justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’.
sobriquet formal a nickname – a very formal use:
Jackson gained the sobriquet ‘Stonewall’ at the Battle of Bull Run.

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