given name

Noun

Meaning

the name that precedes the surname

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

forename first name Christian name birth name front name name walter alias appellation moniker praenomen baptismal name proper name personal name prename
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Antonyms

handle nickname designation tag denomination pseudonym
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Hypernyms

name

Hyponyms

violet Christian name praenomen baptismal name

Examples

Alesi, born in France but of Italian descent, went by his real given name of Giovanni until teasing from classmates led him to adopting a more French first name. Source: Internet

All other szlachta simply addressed each other by their given name or as "Sir Brother" (Panie bracie) or the feminine equivalent. Source: Internet

Another form widely used in the Arab world is the usage of both the patronymic and a family name, often using both the father's and paternal grandfathers given name in sequence after the own given name, and then the family name. Source: Internet

Arm first used the term in 1981, when he wrote a letter under his given name Mark McLaughlin to the Seattle zine Desperate Times, criticizing his own band Mr. Epp and the Calculations as "Pure grunge! Source: Internet

Also, different cultures and tribes use the father's or grandfather's given name as the family's name. Source: Internet

A problem that the class based model solves is that the probability of a given name in a specific language will not affect the assigned probability of a translation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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