A middle name is a component of a personal name that in Western naming order is written between a person's forename and surname. Together, the fore- and middle names form a person's given names. Usage
First/forename, middle name, and last/family/surname using the example of Edgar Allan Poe. This Western naming order is typical for English-speaking cultures (and some others).
Abraham Lincoln's name is spelled as "Lincoln Ábrahám" in this magazine from Hungary, the only country in Europe that officially uses the Eastern order – even foreign names used to be Hungarianized up until the 20th century.