How to Use middle name in a Sentence

middle name

noun

• By the end of the day, these two might even know each other's middle names.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• Note that the pair appear to be dropping the middle name Jacques.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
• But patience has been my middle name for the last year and a half.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2021
• This year, Spine Team Texas lived up to its middle name.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
• Both my first and middle names were hand-me-downs, the monikers of my parents' good friends.
  — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• Khachek gave her daughter the middle name Vana in tribute to the same place.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
• Gaffney’s middle name, Makanaokeakua, mean’s gift from God.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• Nakano's middle name, Oceana, is a nod to Pacheco's passion for the ocean and marine life.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021
• Many classmates gave up and called me by my middle name, Grace.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Taylor was sure that Amari — that’s her middle name — wasn’t ready to come home.
  — ProPublica, 9 June 2022
• Tannahill is the first name of his 21-year-old son and his late father’s middle name.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
• Darius Leonard prefers to be called by his middle name, Shaquille.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2022
• The baby's first name is a nod to Robin Williams, whose middle name was McLaurin.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2020
• There’s yet a third brother named Wilmer whose middle name is Rafael.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2022
• But Erick — who goes by his middle name, David — hasn’t called.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2021
• Her eldest child, Mike, was given the middle name Duane.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
• Her middle name is a nod to Pacheco's passion for diving.
  — Erin Bried, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
• Both Dyesha and her daughter have Princess as a middle name.
  — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
• Steg gave her son the middle name of James after her father.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2024
• Ator used his middle name as his last and listed a P.O. box for an address.
  — Scott Glover, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• Her father chose her name, but Malaya prefers her middle name.
  — The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 18 Dec. 2022
• Sometimes a student prefers to go by a nickname or a middle name.
  — Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Their younger sibling, Walter, was born in 1919, and went by his middle name, Dakin.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Patrick’s middle name is Steve, and Patrick named his son Steve, too, until five years ago, his nephew changed it to Stephen.
  — Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
• Most people can guess where the baby’s middle name comes from.
  — Lauren Le Vine, refinery29.com, 7 June 2021
• Scott’s real name is Jacques Webster, so their son’s middle name is the same as his first name.
  — ELLE, 22 Mar. 2022
• El Moussa jumped in to add that his fiancée might drop her middle name as well.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• After many years spent in the make-up chair, the model has launched a new beauty brand called Rhode (her middle name).
  — Alice Cary, Vogue, 17 June 2022
• Monroe, on the other hand, was not given a middle name.
  — Sydney Sweeney, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022
• Pick one partner’s last name to pass on and use the other partner’s last name as your child’s middle name to honor both sides of the family.
  — Stephanie Kasulka, Parents, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024