# Albert Einstein's middle name

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-einsteins-middle-name/165737 "2003-04-01T16:36:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-einsteins-middle-name/165737/21 "2003-04-03T23:29:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Munch \*  
> \*\*Was not having a middle name prevalent among jews at that time? My first instinct is that middle names are a fairly Christian tradition. \*\*

My parents are both Hungarian Jews born in the 1930s. Neither of them has a middle name. Nor does anyone else of that generation in my family.

Ed

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