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given name

noun
GIV-uhn naym/ˈɡɪvən ˌneɪm/

Pluralgiven names

2 meanings of given name

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  1. 1
    from parentsnouncountable
    A name picked for a baby, usually by the baby's parents.

    Please write your given name and your family name on the form.

    Her given name is Rosa, but everyone calls her Ro.

    Similarforename

    Oppositesurname

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  2. 2
    chosen laternounrarehumorouscountable
    A name you choose for yourself, or one other people give you, not the one from your parents.

    His friends call him Moose, and he says that's his given name, since they gave it to him.

    Professor: Lady Bird, is that your given name? Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson: Yeah. Professor: Why is it in quotes? Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson: I gave it to myself, it’s given to me by me.
    2017, Greta Gerwig (scriptwriter), Lady BirdHere, given name means a name she chose for herself, not from her parents.

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