given name
Example Sentences
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During the Enlightenment, the researcher who found a new plant was “listed behind the given name of the plant . . . forever.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
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
“Otyets means Father. I am a priest of the Holy Church. My given name is Semyon, and the name of my father was Boris, so I am Semyon Borisovitch. What is your father’s name?”
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
