Examples of given name in a Sentence
everyone calls me Jack, but my given name is John
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White and Lil Baby, whose given name is Dominique Jones, got into an argument, The San Francisco Standard said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The musician, whose given name is LaRussell Dwayne Thomas, has quickly gone from releasing his music independently to being signed to one of the biggest labels in the world.
—Georgia Dawkins, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The operations were given names: Operation Midway Blitz, in Chicago; Operation Catahoula Crunch, in New Orleans; Operation Charlotte’s Web, in Charlotte.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
Why add a surname or include a father’s fathers’ given names given to me at birth to identify me?
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The musician, whose given name is LaRussell Dwayne Thomas, has quickly gone from releasing his music independently to being signed to one of the biggest labels in the world.
—Georgia Dawkins, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
The operations were given names: Operation Midway Blitz, in Chicago; Operation Catahoula Crunch, in New Orleans; Operation Charlotte’s Web, in Charlotte.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
Why add a surname or include a father’s fathers’ given names given to me at birth to identify me?
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Given name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/given%20name. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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