Given name and Nom de guerre

Given name

Given name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
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Nom de guerre and given name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nom de guerre" instead a noun phrase "Given name".

Nom de guerre

Nom de guerre noun - A fictitious or assumed name.
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Synonyms for Nom de guerre

Given name and nom de guerre are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Given name" instead a noun phrase "Nom de guerre".

Both terms in one sentence

  • It later turns out that "Commander Badass" is his nom de guerre, his given name is an eighty-digit serial number ending in B52, and his friends and family call him Rock Lobster (he considered Love Shack, but decided against it).
  • North Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh (born Nguyen Sinh Cung) constructed his final nom de guerre from the common Vietnamese surname "Ho" with the given name "Chi Minh" (= enlightened will).
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