mddle name

mddle name
Philippine English
Usually the mother's maiden surname. Philippine culture is highly patriarchal and family-centered, so the name reflects the ancestral roots of the person, with the surname from the father, and the middle name from the mother.

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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