middle name

Composé de middle (« intermédiaire ») et de name (« nom »).

middle name \ˌmɪd.l̩ ˈneɪm\

1. Deuxième prénom, entre le prénom et le nom de famille.
   • Henry Darwin Rogers, the third of the brothers, was born in Philadelphia, August 1, 1808, and died near Glasgow, Scotland, May 29, 1866. His middle name was given him in honor of Erasmus Darwin, of whose poem, The Botanic Garden, his father was a great admirer. — (Sketch of Henry Darwin Rogers, dans Popular Science Monthly, vol. 50, 1896)
2. (Figuré) Caractère, activité, etc. qui décrit très justement une personne.
   • Like fishing? Fishing is my middle name. — (Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, Chapitre IV, 1920)

• first name
• full name
• last name