given name

n. A name given to a person at birth or at baptism, as distinguished from a surname.

given name

n another term for first name

giv′en name′

n. the name given to one, as distinguished from an inherited family name; first name. [1820–30, Amer.]

first name

Christian name">Christian name forename">forename given name1. 'first name'

Your first name is the name that was given to you when you were born. Your first name comes in front of your surname.

At some point in the conversation Brian began calling Philip by his first name.2. 'Christian name'

In British English, people sometimes use Christian name instead of first name. This use is rather old-fashioned.

Do all your students call you by your Christian name?

In American English, Christian name is not used.

3. 'forename'

On official forms, you are usually asked to write your surname and your first name or forename. Forename is only used in writing.

4. 'given name'

In American English, given name is sometimes used instead of 'first name' or 'forename'.

Thesaurus

Noun

given name - the name that precedes the surnamefirst name, forenamename - 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 christeningpraenomen - the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome

Translations

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give

(giv) – past tense gave (geiv) : past participle ˈgiven – verb1. to cause to have. My aunt gave me a book for Christmas; Can you give me an opinion on this?给2. to produce (something). Cows give milk but horses do not; He gave a talk on his travels.生产3. to yield, bend, break etc. This lock looks solid, but it will give under pressure. 屈服，弯曲，断裂 4. to organize (some event etc). We're giving a party next week. 组织（活动等） noun the ability to yield or bend under pressure. This chair has a lot of give in it.可弯性ˈgiven adjective1. stated. to do a job at a given time.一定的2. (with to) in the habit of (doing) something. He's given to making stupid remarks.习惯的3. taking (something) as a fact. Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five. 假定的，已知的 given name (American) a personal or christian name. 名字，教名 give and take willingness to allow someone something in return for being allowed something oneself. 公平交换give away1. to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it). I'm going to give all my money away.送掉2. to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally. He gave away our hiding-place (noun ˈgive-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).泄露give back to return something. She gave me back the book that she borrowed last week.归还give in1. to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield. The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.投降2. to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority). Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?上交give off to produce. That fire is giving off a lot of smoke.产生give or take allowing for the addition or subtraction of. I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos). 或多或少，允许有...的小误差 give out1. to give, usually to several people. The headmaster's wife gave out the school prizes.分发2. to come to an end. My patience gave out.用尽3. to produce. The fire gave out a lot of heat.产生give rise to to cause. This gives rise to a large number of problems.引起give up1. to stop, abandon. I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.停止2. to stop using etc. You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.放弃3. to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else. 让与4. to devote (time etc) to doing something. He gave up all his time to gardening.使埋头于5. (often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be. You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost). 认为（某人，某事）已无指望 give way1. to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass. Give way to traffic coming from the right.让路2. to break, collapse etc under pressure. The bridge will give way any day now.塌陷3. to agree against one's will. I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.让步

given name

given name

given name

giv′en name′

first name

give

given name

Synonyms for given name

noun the name that precedes the surname

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