Middle name

For the first part of a double or multiple family name, see Compound surnames.

In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname.[1][2] A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just initial.

A person may be given a middle name regardless of whether it is necessary to distinguish them from other people with the same given name and surname. In cultures where a given name is expected to precede the surname, additional names are likely to be placed after the given name and before the surname,[3] and thus called middle names.

  1. ^ "Middle name". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
  2. ^ Carroll, John M. (2014). Confidential Information Sources: Public and Private. Elsevier. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-08-094364-0.
  3. ^ "Middle name (language)". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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