Definition of Given name

1. Noun. The name that precedes the surname.

Exact synonyms: First Name, Forename
Generic synonyms: Name
Specialized synonyms: Baptismal Name, Christian Name, Praenomen

Definition of Given name

1. Noun. (chiefly Australia NZ US and Scotland) A forename, a name chosen for a child, usually by the child's parents; a first name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Given Name

giveback
givebacks
gived
given
given(a)
given(p)
given-name
given a bad name
given away
given birth
given forth
given head
given her head
given in
given it some welly
given name
given names
given off
given out
given over
given that
given the finger
given up
given way
givenness
givens
giver
giver-upper
givers
gives

Literary usage of Given name

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1913)
"The court said that at common law a legal name consisted of one given name and one surname or family name, and mistakes in a middle initial or a middle name ..."

2. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1909)
"We have found that it is difficult indeed to secure the given name of an infant ... When, therefore, a birth blank is now received and the given name of the ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1833 Ah, but your chriss'n name ; your given name f—John Neal, ' The Down-Easters,' i. 59. 1835 Captain John Cook (such we found was the " given name " and ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The term "Christian name" Is used In the sense of "given name," and includes the name given to a corporation by the Legislature. Johnson v. ..."

5. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... being one hundred and twelve feet in length, and sixty in breadth: but the town i« chiefly remarkable in history as having given name to the celebrated ..."

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