middle name

Etymology
First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835. The Philippine sense is from the adaptation of Filipino full names from former Spanish naming customs to the US naming custom of given name first, then the mother's surname before marriage, then the father's surname.

Noun

 * 1) a name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name
 * 2)  a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person
 * 3)  one's mother's maiden name
 * 1)  one's mother's maiden name
 * 1)  one's mother's maiden name
 * 1)  one's mother's maiden name

Translations

 * Catalan: segon prenom, nom del mig
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 中間名字
 * Czech: prostřední jméno, druhé jméno
 * Faroese: millumnavn
 * Finnish: toinen nimi, välinimi
 * French: deuxième prénom,
 * Georgian: მეორე სახელი
 * German: zweiter Vorname,, Zweitname, Mittelname
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: lárainm, dara hainm
 * Japanese: ミドルネーム
 * Macedonian: сре́дно и́ме
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: второ́е и́мя, сре́днее и́мя ,
 * Slovak: druhé meno
 * Spanish: segundo nombre
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: gitnang pangalan
 * Vietnamese: tên đệm, tên lót


 * Finnish: toinen nimi
 * Spanish:, segundo nombre,