English
Noun
middle name (plural middle names )
a name between the given name and the family name or surname
I go by David but it's my middle name ; my full name is William David Mason.
( figuratively ) a trait , activity , or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person
Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name .
I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name .
( Philippines ) one's mother's maiden name
Translations
name between given name and surname
Catalan: segon prenom m , nom del mig m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中間 名字 / 中间 名字 , 中间 名字 ( zhōngjiān míngzi )
Czech: prostřední jméno n , druhé jméno n
Danish: mellemnavn n
Faroese: millumnavn n
Finnish: toinen nimi
French: deuxième prénom m , patronyme (fr) m ( patronymic )
Georgian: მეორე სახელი ( meore saxeli )
German: zweiter Vorname m , Zwischenname (de) m , Zweitname m
Icelandic: millinafn (is) n
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Irish: lárainm m , dara hainm m
Japanese: ミドルネーム ( midoru nēmu )
Macedonian: сре́дно и́ме n ( srédno íme )
Norwegian: mellomnavn (no) n
Portuguese: nome do meio (pt) m
Russian: второ́е и́мя n ( vtoróje ímja ) , сре́днее и́мя n ( srédneje ímja ) ( not used in Russia, patronymics are used instead, foreign context ) , о́тчество (ru) n ( ótčestvo ) ( patronymic )
Slovak: druhé meno n
Spanish: segundo nombre m
Swedish: andranamn (sv) n
Tagalog: gitnang pangalan
Vietnamese: tên đệm , tên lót
See also