GIVEN NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does given name mean? 

• GIVEN NAME (noun)
  The noun GIVEN NAME has 1 sense:

1. the name that precedes the surname

  Familiarity information: GIVEN NAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIVEN NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The name that precedes the surname

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

first name; forename; given name

Hypernyms ("given name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "given name"):

baptismal name; Christian name (the first name given to Christians at birth or christening)

praenomen (the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome)

 Context examples 

A suffix used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.

(Junior, NCI Thesaurus)