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Meaning of given name in English
(Definition of given name from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of given name from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of given name
given name
I use my initials, which form a male name, as my given name with close friends and family.
From CNN
He's only recently begun using his given name, the one he shares with his talented son.
From Washington Post
During her engagement, she just referred to her future husband by his given name or called him her boyfriend.
From New York Times
My given name is definitely female, but the spelling is male.
From CNN
We let her adapt in her own time and avoided calling her by any given name, relying on endearments instead.
From CNN
I have kids who don't know their given name and can't recognize it in print.
From TIME
This command tells the system to open a new instance (the "-n" flag) of an application (the "-a" flag) that is the given name in quotes.
From CNET
When they arrived, guests were given name tags -- orange for active hosts, green for wannabes.
From Los Angeles Times
In a place where lots of surnames used variants of given names related to animals, perhaps the opposite.
From Slate Magazine
Our individual identities are fundamental to being human, and this is why we are all given names at birth.
From Phys.Org
Except for a few examples, it is obvious which are the given names and which are the surnames, regardless of in what order the names have been given.
From CNN
Family names are listed below given names.
From Slate
A surname is rarely used even in formal situations, except when two individuals with the same given name must be identified in formal settings.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
There can be only one concept with a given name, but there can be many associations belonging to different contexts associating it with other concepts.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
We have seen that someone who feels qualified for this role may impose himself upon hearing the newly given name.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
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