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
Olsen: But there’s something I’ve heard you talk about, that Annie relates to the character that most of us know as Smoke, as both Smoke and Elijah, his given name.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 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
My father proudly named her in her immigration papers: Betty St. Clair, crossing out her given name of Gu Ying-ying.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
