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given name

noun as in first name

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The bill’s given name was a reference to allegations of insider trading by former House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

From Salon

This then changed to symbolic names in order to simplify their given names or to refer to previous pontiffs.

From BBC

He will then introduce the new Pope by his chosen papal name, which may or may not be his original given name.

From BBC

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.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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