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Historical Middle Names #2
Try to guess the "middle" names of these historical figures.
This quiz does not suggest that these are birth names.
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| First submitted | August 27, 2011 |
| Times taken | 19,277 |
| Average score | 48.1% |
| Rating | 4.15 |
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27 Comments
ctleng76
+1
Level 65
Aug 27, 2011
Kennedy isn't her middle name. It is her maiden name.
divantilya
+5
Level 36
Dec 7, 2018
Kennedy was her first married name. Her maiden name was Bouvier.
mjkelly42
+1
Level 36
Aug 27, 2011
My wife took her maiden name as her middle name once we got married. Jackie O did the same, except instead of her true "maiden" name, she kept her name from her previous marriage.
Nytebreid
+1
Level 37
Mar 6, 2013
She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 15, 2013
How'd I forget Tecumseh.. very memorable middle name..
Sheriff25
+1
Level 84
May 15, 2013
There is some pathetic nitpicking amongst these comments. An enjoyable quiz in all.
Remster
+3
Level 77
May 15, 2013
I agree. I hope for the sake of the nitpickers that 'This quiz does not suggest that these are birth names' was added after those comments were posted.
milk
+2
Level 37
May 15, 2013
Ho Chi Minh does not have a middle name - Ho is a surname and Chi Minh means "with the will of light" or something like that. Plus, Jean-Paul is one first name, there is no middle name there.
kitshef
+3
Level 84
Jun 25, 2014
Missed only langhorne, by spelling it longhorn
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 62
Aug 10, 2024
me too.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 83
Jun 27, 2014
Dang, was typing "Wordsworth". At least I learned something today!
LarryLovage
+4
Level 55
Jan 22, 2015
People here seem to have assigned to the phrase "middle name" some God-given strict definition of "alternative first name". Patently here, historical figures are known by three names, you're given the first name and the last name, please give the one in the middle. Sometimes that's a hyphenated surname, sometimes a hyphenated first name, sometimes a maiden name. And sometimes, as with General Sherman or Lee Oswald, it's simply a middle name which happens to be well known.
InterAlia
+1
Level 76
Mar 23, 2023
Hear, hear!
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jan 31, 2015
You could have saved all the nitpicking by placing the word "middle" in quotation marks to let people know they aren't all official middle names, and you might also add a caveat that the names aren't necessarily birth names. Oh, wait...
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Dec 3, 2016
nice one. The quotation marks answer pretty much all nit-picking. But still it's good to warn that the concept of a middle name seems to be a very American thing. In Europe there are usually personal names and family names, and both can be composed of several parts. There are tons of exceptions of course.
dasims45
+3
Level 81
Apr 27, 2015
It used to be common for women to legally change their maiden surname to their middle name after marriage as a way to preserve something of their own family heritage.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Dec 7, 2018
A woman who adds her maiden name to her married name has two last names, not a middle name. For example: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy should, technically, be written Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy. While in Jacqueline Lee Bouvier-Kennedy, "Lee" is her middle name. (and, an interesting side note, "Lee" was her mother's maiden name. Both Jacqueline and Caroline Bouvier had "Lee" as a middle name. Caroline dropped her first name and became known as "Lee" Radziwill).
samiamco
+1
Level 69
May 2, 2019
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the concept of "legally changing" one's name? You file paperwork, you pay money, hoops are jumped through. Sometimes you even have to appear before a judge! If Jaqueline legally changed her middle name to Kennedy and her last name to Onassis, "Lee" is no longer a part of her name. It would not appear on her passport, driver's license, tax return, etc.
rgkieleo
+2
Level 40
May 25, 2015
I believe the description at the top of this quiz (guess the "middle" name) is just fine. It doesn't have to be their legal middle name, just the name that comes between two others. Quit being so nitpicky, and enjoy the quiz, people!
blinky
+1
Level 58
Jan 2, 2017
I said "what the hell" and tried Franz {Ferdinand} Haydn. Surprisingly, it was wrong.
AmyD85
+1
Level 72
Apr 8, 2018
100% with 3:07 left. I'm guessing that those who are nitpicking about what "middle name" means probably didn't do very well on the quiz. Come on, people, lighten up!
dave123
+1
Level 65
Apr 10, 2018
Ho Chi Minh did not have a middle name. The name is simply 'Chi Minh'. As far as I know, the concept of middle name does not exist in Vietnamese.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
May 18, 2019
Siamco: Yes it would. I have a first name. two middle names, a maiden name and a married name and they all appear on both my passport and my driver's license. One does not "lose" a name by simply not using it.
TheRealGrantma
+3
Level 56
May 20, 2020
"Josef" should be a type-in for "Joseph".
Jango
+2
Level 64
Apr 4, 2022
Jean-Jacques and Jean-Paul are first names in French. Despite the claim of your disclaimer, there is no way Jacques and Paul are middle names here.
marjobro
+1
Level 67
Aug 21, 2022
Ah yes..."much ado about nothing" often describes the comments on quizzes. Anyone who knows who Sartre and Rousseau were will immediately think "Jean Paul, and Jean Jacques"... never mind the dash. And if three names don't pop into your head for Mr. Minh, you probably do not live in the western hemisphere. Speaking of which: In Mexico children typically have two surnames: the first is their father's and the second is their mother's. Different cultures have different customs. So, when in Rome.....
Koopa
+1
Level 79
Jan 26, 2023
I'm glad you indicated "middle" names in the directions. Well played.
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