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given name

[giv-uhn neym]

noun

  1. 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

  1. another term for first name

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of given name1

An Americanism first recorded in 1820–30
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This then changed to symbolic names in order to simplify their given names or to refer to previous pontiffs.

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He will then introduce the new Pope by his chosen papal name, which may or may not be his original given name.

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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.

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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.

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Full Moons are given names that reflect what is happening in nature during the different months of the year.

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