in the midst

1. Also, in one's midst. Surrounded by, among, as in I saw a familiar face in the midst of the crowd, or To think there was a Nobel Prize winner in our midst! [c. 1500s]

2. See in the middle of, def. 1.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Donal	DO-nal	Irish
Elias	ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-ahs (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English)	Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gr
Honor	AHN-ər	English (Rare)
Soheil	-	Persian
Aminda	ah-MEEN-dah	Esperanto
Jelena	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian