given name
Example Sentences
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He, whose given name can translate as “guarding the east,” led the Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command from 2019 to early 2022, overseeing forces stationed closest to Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The 38-year-old entrepreneur’s given name is Nathan Young.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
He will then introduce the new Pope by his chosen papal name, which may or may not be his original given name.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025
Jed, whose given name was Edwin Jed Fish Gould III, died at home in Pasadena under hospice care, his close friends confirmed to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025
While the writing on the front bears his stage name and the theater address, the letter inside greets him with his given name, Hector Bowen.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
