middle name

His middle name comes from Henry Mayo Newhall, who traveled to California in 1850 with the miners to strike it rich, and did, in land and railroad speculation.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
“’Stress’ is the middle name of my title right now,” Kumar said in the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast.
IPG’s Arun Kumar says the time has passed for the ad industry to regulate itself|Tim Peterson|June 22, 2021|Digiday
The reporting about the teenager identified as Grace, her middle name, prompted protests and a grassroots social media campaign calling for her release, as well as calls by members of Congress for a civil rights investigation.
After Grace’s Story, Michigan Will Study Its Juvenile Justice System|by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press|June 9, 2021|ProPublica
Her middle name, Diana, was chosen to honor her beloved late grandmother, The Princess of Wales.
Meghan and Harry Welcome Baby Daughter, Named for Queen and Diana|Tom Sykes|June 6, 2021|The Daily Beast

If you’re expecting an unbiased take on anything to do with “A River Runs Through It,” I should disclose that my son’s middle name is “Maclean.”
The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later|Nick Ehli|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And, especially when it comes to the middle, personality counts.
Why This Liberal Hearts Huckabee|Sally Kohn|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway

British Dictionary definitions for middle name

middle name

noun

a name between a person's first name and surname

a characteristic quality for which a person is knowncaution is my middle name

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