First name
First name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
Usage example: the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby
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Synonyms for First name
Given name is a synonym for first name in forename topic. In some cases you can use "Given name" instead a noun phrase "First name", when it comes to topics like surname.
Given name
Given name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
Usage example: everyone calls me Jack, but my given name is John
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Synonyms for Given name
First name is a synonym for given name in surname topic. You can use "First name" instead a noun phrase "Given name".
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Related pairs
- handle and first name
- handle and given name
- name and first name
- name and given name
- appellation and first name
- appellation and given name
- designation and first name
- designation and given name
- nickname and first name
- nickname and given name
- nom de plume and first name
- nom de plume and given name
- pseudonym and first name
- pseudonym and given name
Both terms in one sentence
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The attendant on the security video-screen asks new arrivals for their Christian name (today it's called first name or given name).
Source: Film / 2001: A Space Odyssey - Spike Spiegel has a relatively new (mid-20th-century) American first name which is more often a nickname than a given name, and a German surname.
Source: Multi-Ethnic Name - There is also a much more subtle one in Mobile Suit Gundam F91 and Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam through the character Zabine Chareux (the first four letters of his first name and given name spell ZABI and CHAR respectively)
Source: Continuity Nod / Anime and Manga
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