# given name

Pronunciation: say "GIV-uhn naym" /ˈɡɪvən ˌneɪm/

## Noun

1. The name given to a person as a child, usually by the parents, as distinct from a family name.
   - Simple: A name picked for a baby, usually by the baby's parents.
   - _The clerk asked for the baby's given name before printing the birth certificate._
   - _Many immigrants kept their given names but changed the spelling to suit English._

## Noun

2. A name given to someone by themselves or by others, rather than the one chosen by their parents. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A name you choose for yourself, or one other people give you, not the one from your parents.
   - _On the roster he's Daniel, but Tank is his given name, given by the guys in the locker room._
   - _She signs her paintings Juniper, a given name she bestowed on herself at nineteen._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/given-name (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).