Given name
A personal name assigned to someone, usually at birth or baptism, and distinguished from inherited family names.
Personal name: A name used to identify an individual, including given names, family names, and other name elements. Given names are one component of the broader category of names used for individuals.
Naming ceremony: A cultural or religious event that formally welcomes or names a child. Some given names are publicly bestowed or affirmed during such ceremonies.
Chinese name: A personal name used in Chinese-speaking cultures, commonly placing the family name before the given name. Its usual name order differs from the given-name-first order common in many Western contexts.
Anthroponymy: The study of personal names, including their forms, origins, and social use. It examines given names as part of the wider study of names for people.
Family name: A name shared by members of a family or lineage, often inherited across generations. It distinguishes the inherited name element from the individually assigned given name.
Baptismal name: A name given or adopted for a person in the Christian rite of baptism. Baptism is one religious setting in which a given name may be assigned.
Icelandic name: A personal naming form in Iceland that commonly uses a patronymic or matronymic rather than a hereditary family name. It shows how a name following the given name need not be an inherited family name.
Onomastics: The scholarly study of names, their origins, forms, and uses. Given names belong to the broader subject of how names develop and function.
Middle name: A personal name placed between a given name and a family name in some naming systems. It is an additional given name occupying a conventional position in certain systems.
Birth certificate: An official record documenting a person's birth and identifying details. It commonly records the given name assigned at birth.