Editing Middle name (section)

===Scandinavia===
The naming conventions of the Scandinavian countries do not call given names middle names.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mellannamn |url=https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-om-personnamn-i-sverige/mellannamn |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.isof.se |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=personnamn – Store norske leksikon |language=nb |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/personnamn |access-date=2022-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirkeministeriet |first=Skrevet af |title=Navneregler |url=https://www.borger.dk/familie-og-boern/Navne-og-navneaendring/Navneregler |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.borger.dk |language=da}}</ref> While extra first names often are referred to as middle names in everyday language, the laws in those countries do not reflect that and consider all of them first names. A person can have multiple first names,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Förnamn |url=https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-om-personnamn-i-sverige/fornamn |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.isof.se |language=sv}}</ref> but usually, only one of them is used in addressing the person. A passport contains all names, but all except the surname are listed as first/given names. Names combined with a hyphen are counted as one name. A person named "Ulrika Britt-Inger Marie Fredriksson" has three first names and one last name, and this individual could choose to go by any of those three first names.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Personnamn |url=https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/skolwebben/svenska-fran-olika-hall---laromedel-om-spraklig-variation/svenska-fran-olika-hall/namn/personnamn |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.isof.se |language=sv}}</ref>

Unlike the middle names in some English-speaking countries that are used as initials, the additional first names are usually either spelled out in full or fully omitted. Together with a person's personal identification number in [[Personal identity number (Sweden)|Sweden]], [[Personal identification number (Denmark)|Denmark]], [[National identity number (Norway)|Norway]], or [[National identification numbering in Iceland|Iceland]], only signing with the name of address and the last name is usually sufficient for almost all legal documents. A person can change the name they go by to one of the other already given names without applying for a name change. It is possible to apply to have the order swapped if desired, as the first of the first names will be assumed to be the name of address.

In [[Denmark]], [[Norway]], and [[Sweden]], the legal term middle name refers most often to names that were originally surnames, but not part of the last name of the name bearer. A middle name could be one's mother's maiden name or the last name of another recent ancestor (for instance a grandparent).<ref>Navneloven (Danish law regarding names). https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/767</ref> 

In the example [[Carl Viggo Manthey Lange]], the names Carl and Viggo are given names, while Manthey is a middle name and Lange is the family name. Manthey is his mother's maiden name. Unless his full name is used, he is correctly referred to as Mr. Lange, not as Mr. Manthey Lange. 

In [[Sweden]], however, although middle names were introduced in the Name Act of 1963, later called ''tilläggsnamn'' (added name), and then ''mellannamn'' (middle name) in the Name Act of 1983, the Name act of 2017 removed the term entirely. Existing last-name middle names may still be used, but can no longer be added.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ny personnamnlag från och med 1 juli 2017 |url=https://www.skatteverket.se/privat/folkbokforing/namn/nypersonnamnlagfrom1juli2017.4.5c281c7015abecc2e202edad.html |publisher=Skatteverket |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418023933/https://www.skatteverket.se/privat/folkbokforing/namn/nypersonnamnlagfrom1juli2017.4.5c281c7015abecc2e202edad.html|archive-date=2021-04-18}}</ref>

Occasionally, Scandinavians choose to use their middle name as their surname in everyday life. So [[Gottfrid Svartholm|Per Gottfrid Svartholm Warg]] has Per and Gottfrid as his given names, where Gottfrid, not Per, is his name of address, Svartholm as his middle name and Warg as his last name, but in practice he uses Svartholm as a surname.