Definition of "middle name" []

• A name that occurs between a person's first name and surname. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The English, stem and branch, were the “Bakers” my middle name is Baker; the Dutch, the “Bensons”; the French Huguenots, the “Valleaus.”"
• ""Okay, so if I asked you if the name, say" – he waved his arms theatrically – "Craig Dipwad meant anything to you, would you chirp up, 'Hey, my middle name is Craig'?""