Middle name facts for kids

A middle name is a name given to a person at birth or baptism. It is different from a given name and surname.

In most Western countries the given name comes first (before the last name or family name). However, in many Eastern countries such as China it comes after the last name or family name, and occasionally also in Europe, e.g. in Hungarian.

Images for kids

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  First/given, middle, and last/family/surname diagram with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for English-speaking cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names.

See also

In Spanish: Middle name para niños