Your middle name is the name that comes between your first name and your surname.
His middle name is Justin.
2. countable noun [usually poss NOUN]
You can use middle name in expressions such as 'discretion was her middle name' and 'his middle name is loyalty' to indicate that someone always behaves with a great deal of a particular quality.
[humorous]
Geniality is my middle name. I rarely write a fierce word about any restaurant.
middle name in British English
noun
1.
a name between a person's first name and surname
2.
a characteristic quality for which a person is known
caution is my middle name
Examples of 'middle name' in a sentence
middle name
But have you heard his real middle name?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
What is it about middle names?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Chinese translation of 'middle name'
middle name
n(c)
中间(間)名字 (zhōngjiān míngzi) (个(個), gè)
trouble is her middle name麻烦(煩)是她的突出特征(徵) (máfán shì tā de tūchū tèzhēng)
first name 是由父母取的名字。last name 或 surname 是家族的姓氏。在说英语的国家中，名在姓之前。在 first name 和 last name 之间，还可能有 middle name (中名)，这是你父母给你取的第二个 "名"。middle name 通常只用于正式场合，例如在选课或签署文件时。