Given name
Given name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
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Pet name and given name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pet name" instead a noun phrase "Given name".
Pet name
Pet name noun - A name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix).
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Synonyms for Pet name
Given name and pet name are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Given name" instead a noun phrase "Pet name".
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Related pairs
- handle and given name
- handle and pet name
- name and given name
- name and pet name
- denomination and given name
- denomination and pet name
- appellation and given name
- appellation and pet name
- label and given name
- label and pet name
- designation and given name
- designation and pet name
- tag and given name
- tag and pet name
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Tinnie likewise invents a pet name for him, right at a point in their relationship when you'd expect her to drop "Garrett" and start using his given name.
Source: Literature / Garrett, P.I. - For some, the English given name may be a pet name and may not appear in formal documents.
Source: Name Order Confusion - We know his mother's pet name for him ("Wart") and the nickname he went by in the Marines ("Wrecker"), and it's been implied that he was named after some long-dead relative, but Cook's still being coy about his given name.
Source: No Name Given / Literature
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