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given name

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given name
n.
A name given to a person at birth or at baptism, as distinguished from a surname.
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Noun1.given name - the name that precedes the surname
first name, forename
name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
baptismal name, Christian name - the first name given to Christians at birth or christening
praenomen - the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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The girl flushed at the sudden and unexpected use of her given name, and was surprised that she was not offended.
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Months before Akut had given the boy a name of his own choosing, since he could not master the man given name of Jack.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I have a hundred and fifty dollars at use, besides a bed and twenty sheep, to good; and I don’t crave to live in a house where a body mustn’t call a young woman by her given name to her face.
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