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given name

Name typically used to differentiate people from the same family, clan, or other social group who have a common last name

Entityname particleQ202444

Also known as first name · forename

Instance of: name particle
Subclass of: anthroponym
Part of: full name

Overview

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A given name is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, possibly with one or more middle names as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group who have a common surname. The term given name refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A Christian name is the first name given at baptism.

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Main Wikidata property: given name
author given names
Different from: patronymic
matronymic
first names in Germany
pro-form
personal name
Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers list item: female given name, male given name
list of values as qualifiers list item: composite given name, compound given name
Properties for this type: family name identical to this given name has characteristic: conditional
name day
patronym or matronym for this name has characteristic: conditional
native label has characteristic: mandatory
writing system has characteristic: mandatory
Soundex has characteristic: conditional
Caverphone has characteristic: conditional
Cologne phonetics has characteristic: conditional
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attested in
language of work or name has characteristic: recommended
given name version for other gender has characteristic: conditional
pronunciation audio has characteristic: recommended
said to be the same as has characteristic: conditional
different from has characteristic: conditional
instance of has characteristic: mandatory
Model item: Andrea applies to use with property: instance of
Agmánd applies to use with property: instance of
Partially coincident with: middle name
first name
last name
Said to be the same as: usual forename
Christian name
EntitySchema for this class: E735
Used by: by given name
Has characteristic: given name has to use a different item than disambiguation pages

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37 identifiers linking given name across the web's reference databases

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AIDB. (2026). given name (Q202444). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/given-name-Q202444