given name
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This defenseman, whose given name was John Francis Hughes, was among the final cuts made by Coach Herb Brooks to the 1980 U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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
But on the second form, dated March 30, 1992, two weeks be-fore he left for Alaska, he’d signed his given name: “Chris J. McCandless.”
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
