How to Use middle name in a Sentence

middle name

noun
  • The boy’s first and middle names?
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Her baby’s middle name seems like an ode to him.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Jack now shares the same middle name as his brother.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • But patience has been my middle name for the last year and a half.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The firm took its name from the middle names of two of her three daughters.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • By the end of the day, these two might even know each other's middle names.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • What is your father's middle name?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Joy is a delightful choice for a first or middle name.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Many classmates gave up and called me by my middle name, Grace.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Therefore, he has been called by his middle name, Cade.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Both my first and middle names were hand-me-downs, the monikers of my parents' good friends.
    — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Like some of his siblings, the now-8-year-old goes by his middle name.
    — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While baby True doesn’t have a middle name as of now, that could change.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2018
  • My son's middle name is Morgan.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • He was born on April 1 and shares the same middle name as his father.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Taylor was sure that Amari — that’s her middle name — wasn’t ready to come home.
    — ProPublica, 9 June 2022
  • The newborn's first name is a sweet nod to her dad, whose middle name is Rainey.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Pearle is, after all, both her middle name and a homonym of purl, a type of knitting stitch.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 9 July 2018
  • Note that the pair appear to be dropping the middle name Jacques.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Darius Leonard prefers to be called by his middle name, Shaquille.
    — Joel A. Erickson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • This time, the couple chose a middle name with deep family ties.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Khachek gave her daughter the middle name Vana in tribute to the same place.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • As for the baby boy’s middle name, Teigen had a say in choosing the moniker.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 20 May 2018
  • This primary, people aren’t gonna vote for me ’cause of my middle name.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Mary is my first name, Shannon is my middle name, and Wells is my last name.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Violet shares a middle name, Anne, with her mom.
    — Karli Bendlin, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Tree used his first and middle name as his stage name, while his legal last name was Nickell.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Culkin legally changed his middle name in 2019.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Louis is one of Prince William and Prince George’s middle names.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2018

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'middle name.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: