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given name
[giv-uhn neym]
noun
the name given to a person, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name; Christian name.
His given name is John.
given name
noun
another term for first name
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of given name1
Example Sentences
This then changed to symbolic names in order to simplify their given names or to refer to previous pontiffs.
He will then introduce the new Pope by his chosen papal name, which may or may not be his original given name.
Jed, whose given name was Edwin Jed Fish Gould III, died at home in Pasadena under hospice care, his close friends confirmed to The Times.
As the son of two Ethiopian immigrants who migrated to Canada, Tesfaye is ready to reclaim his given name and identity — struggles that many diaspora people like myself know all too well.
Full Moons are given names that reflect what is happening in nature during the different months of the year.
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