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

Mojtaba Khamenei—his given name is the Arabic word for “chosen”—was born in 1969 in the religious hub of Mashhad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

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

As the son of two Ethiopian immigrants who migrated to Canada, Tesfaye is ready to reclaim his given name and identity — struggles that many diaspora people like myself know all too well.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 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