as in first name
a name that is placed before one's family name
everyone calls me Jack, but my given name is John
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Recent Examples of given name
Not even a year into Lai’s term, China has broken precedent by staging three large-scale exercises, which were given names to raise their profile and distinguish them from smaller drills.
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
This season, the turtles in long-term care were given names based on Greek mythology.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The student still hadn’t told their parents about these identity changes, so school officials used the student’s given name and she/her pronouns when talking with their parents.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025
This season, the turtles in long-term care were given names based on Greek mythology.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The student still hadn’t told their parents about these identity changes, so school officials used the student’s given name and she/her pronouns when talking with their parents.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for given name
Noun
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One vendor named Maria, who asked only to be identified by her first name, hoped to make $1,500 hawking all sorts of apparel in Mexican colors.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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David — who asked to be identified by his first name because of the delicate situation with TPS in the United States and the possibility of repercussions in Venezuela — came to the United States in February 2021 to visit friends and family in the United States on a tourist visa.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Colleagues described a popular chaplain with nicknames for the tiny patients and soothing words for their bleary-eyed parents.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The waterways that have earned the city the nickname Venice of America.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Given name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20name. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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