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The personal name chosen for a child, usually by their parents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A name bestowed by oneself or another, as opposed to the name given by one's parents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, uncommon
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Antonyms: none provided
the name that precedes the surname
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first name, forename
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: name
Narrower terms: Christian name, baptismal name, praenomen
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
voornaam
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Arabic:
اِسْم
(ism)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Armenian:
անուն
(anun)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Asturian:
nome propiu
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Asturian:
nome de pila
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Atayal:
lalu
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Bashkir:
исем
(isem)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Belarusian:
і́мя
(ímja)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Breton:
kentanv
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Breton:
anv-badez
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Bulgarian:
со́бствено и́ме
(sóbstveno íme)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Bulgarian:
и́ме
(íme)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Catalan:
nom
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Chinese Mandarin:
名
(míng)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Chinese Mandarin:
名字
(míngzi)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Ngazidja Comorian:
ismu
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Czech:
jméno
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Czech:
křestní jméno
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Danish:
fornavn
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Dutch:
voornaam
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Dutch:
roepnaam
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Esperanto:
nomo
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Esperanto:
persona nomo
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Estonian:
eesnimi
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Faroese:
fornavn
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Finnish:
etunimi
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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French:
prénom
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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French:
petit nom
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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French:
nom de baptême
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Galician:
nome
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Georgian:
სახელი
(saxeli)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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German:
Vorname
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Greek:
μικρό όνομα
(mikró ónoma)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Greek:
μικρό
(mikró)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Hebrew:
שֵׁם פְּרָטִי
(shem pratí)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Hungarian:
utónév
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Hungarian:
keresztnév
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Ido:
prenomo
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Indonesian:
nama depan
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Interlingua:
prenomine
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Interlingua:
prime nomine
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Italian:
nome
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Italian:
nome di battesimo
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Italian:
nome proprio
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Japanese:
名前
(namae)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Khmer:
ឈ្មោះ
(chmʊəh)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Korean:
이름
(ireum)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Kyrgyz:
ысым
(ısım)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Kyrgyz:
ат
(at)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Latin:
praenōmen
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Lithuanian:
vardas
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Macedonian:
лично име
(lično ime)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Macedonian:
и́ме
(íme)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Malay:
nama pertama
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Manx:
ennym bashtee
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Māori:
ingoa karanga
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Māori:
ingoa kārangaranga
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Norwegian:
fornavn
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Occitan:
pitit nom
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Persian:
نام
(nâm)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Polish:
imię
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Portuguese:
prenome
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Portuguese:
nome
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Portuguese:
primeiro nome
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Portuguese:
nome próprio
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Portuguese:
nome de batismo
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Romanian:
prenume
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Romanian:
nume de botez
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Russian:
и́мя
(ímja)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Scottish Gaelic:
ainm-baistidh
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Sinhalese:
මුල් නම
(mul nama)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Slovak:
meno
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Slovak:
krstné meno
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Slovene:
ime
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Southern Altai:
ат
(at)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Spanish:
nombre propio
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Spanish:
nombre de pila
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Spanish:
gracia
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Swahili:
jina la kwanza
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Swedish:
förnamn
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Swedish:
tilltalsnamn
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Tagalog:
pangalan
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Turkish:
isim
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Turkish:
ad
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Turkish:
küçük ad
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Turkish:
ön ad
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Ukrainian:
ім'я́
(imʺjá)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Uyghur:
ئىسىم
(isim)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Uyghur:
ئات
(at)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Uyghur:
نام
(nam)
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Vietnamese:
tên
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Vietnamese:
tên gọi
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Vietnamese:
tên thánh
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Vietnamese:
tên chính
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Vietnamese:
tên riêng
— name chosen for a child by its parents
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Volapük:
pösodanem
— name chosen for a child by its parents