birth name

English

Alternative forms

• birthname

Noun

birth name (plural birth names)

1. A name chosen for a child at birth, as opposed to a different name used subsequently.

   Her birth name was Elizabeth, but everyone called her Lizzie.

   In California the credit card companies must issue a credit card in a person's birth name or married name, whichever the customer prefers.

Hyponyms

• deadname
• maiden name

Translations

name chosen at birth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本名 (zh) (běnmíng)

• Finnish: syntymänimi
• Korean: 본명 (ko) (bonmyeong)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tên sinh, tên sanh, tên tục (vi)