Harvardiana was a periodical published in Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States by James Munroe and Co. from 1835 to 1838. It was a literary journal administered by Harvard University undergraduates. It contains the first recorded use 1835 of the phrase middle name referring to a second forename. ref http oed.com cgi findword?query type word&find Find word&queryword middle name middle name . Oxford English Dictionary . Oxford University Press. draft revision March 2002 ref Harvardiana is also the title of a march song of Harvard University written by Raymond G. Williams 1887 1981 and Sanger B. Steel 1889 1927 , both members of the Harvard class of 1911. The song uses the name Eli to refer to athletic rival Yale University Yale . In recent years it has become the tradition for women to shout Radcliffe between the repetitions of Harvard in the chorus of the song. See also Fight Fiercely, Harvard Ten Thousand Men of Harvard References Reflist External links http hcs.harvard.edu hub sounds indi.shtml Lyrics to Harvardiana song http www.youtube.com watch?v CyWLj6Uw0cg Video of Harvardiana song Category Harvard University ... more details
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Multiple issues refimprove October 2008 globalize September 2010 original research September 2010 People s name s in several cultures include one or more additional names placed between the first given name and the surname . ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 381383 middle name ref ref http www.merriam webster.com dictionary middle 20name ref In Canada and the United States all such names are specifically referred to as middle name s in most European countries they would simply be regarded as second, third, etc. given names. In some countries there is usually only one middle name, and in the United States and Canada it is often abbreviation abbreviated to the middle initial e.g. James Ronald Bass becomes James R. Bass, which is usually standard for signature s or omitted entirely in everyday use e.g. just James Bass . In the United Kingdom he would usually be referred to either as James Bass or as J. R. Bass although he might choose to be referred to as Jim Bass, Ronald Bass, or Ron Bass . An individual may have more than one given name, or none. In some other countries, the term middle name is only used for names that are originally last names, but not part of the last name of the bearer for instance one can have one s mother s maiden name as a middle name . It is debated how long middle names have existed in English speaking countries, but it is certain that among royalty and aristocracy the practice existed by the late 17th century and possibly much earlier , as exemplified in the name of the Stuart pretender James Francis Edward Stuart 1688 1766 . Despite their relatively long existence in North America, the phrase middle name was not recorded until 1835 in the periodical Harvardiana . Since 1905, middle name gained a figurative connotation meaning a notable or outstanding attribute of a person, as in the phrase is my middle name. The use of multiple middle names has been somewhat impeded recently by the increased use of computer software computer datab ... more details
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