Meaning

2 senses
  1. The personal name chosen for a child, usually by their parents.

    Vorname

    и́мяímja

    ім'я́imʺjá

  2. (humorous, uncommon)A name bestowed by oneself or another, as opposed to the name given by one's parents.

More definitions
  • the name that precedes the surname

Examples

14 sentences
  1. We haven't yet given names to these puppies.

    deWir haben diesen Welpen noch keine Namen gegeben.

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  2. She has a rare given name.

    deSie hat einen seltenen Vornamen.

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  3. She hadn't given me her name.

    deSie hatte mir ihren Namen nicht gesagt.

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  4. Numbers were not supposed to be given names.

    ruЧислам не следовало давать названия.

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  5. Yanni is truly my given name.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
name chosen for a child by its parents:
Русский
By meaning 1
name chosen for a child by its parents:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
name chosen for a child by its parents:

Forms

plural: given names
Singulargiven name
Pluralgiven names

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
given name — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto