Thesaurus:given name

Thesaurus

given name

English

Noun

Sense: the primary name chosen for a child

Synonyms

• Christian name
• first name
• forename
• front name (dated)
• given name
• prename

Antonyms

• surname    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• surname    [⇒ thesaurus] (Britain, slang)

Hypernyms

• name    [⇒ thesaurus]
• anthroponym

Holonyms

• full name    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “564. nomenclature” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “given name” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.