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Fitzgerald was his mother's maiden name.

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John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald because it was his mother's maiden name. His mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, came from a prominent Irish Catholic family, and naming her son John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a way to honor her family lineage.

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