*MOST POPULAR FIRST NAMES*
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“please…call me _____”
*achieving ‘first-name basis’*
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(or ‘mister’)
(“that’s my ‘father’…”)
(not ‘master’)
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“AKA” –>
‘given name’
‘forename’
‘christian name’
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(a first name is a part of a person’s ‘personal name’)
(it identifies a specific person, and differentiates that ‘person’ from the other ‘members’ of a ‘group’ (typically a ‘family’ or ‘clan’) who have a common ‘surname’)
(the term given name refers to the fact that the name usually is bestowed upon a ‘person’ (normally to a ‘child’ by his or her ‘parents) at or close to the time of ‘birth’))
“when was it decided that i be named ‘joseph’?”
“me”
“named after ‘firstborn son of father'”?
(’22 JULY 2019′)
(‘monday afternoon @ 2:04PM)
(eastern standard time)
(in my 3rd floor brooklyn bedroom)
(somewhere between ‘crown heights’ + ‘brownsvile’)
(right next to ‘bedsty’ + ‘bushwick’)
(a ‘christian name’ (a ‘first name’ which historically was given at ‘baptism’) is now also typically given by the ‘parents’ at ‘birth’)
(in informal situations, ‘given names’ are often used in a ‘familiar’ + ‘friendly’ manner)
(in more formal situations, a person’s ‘surname’ is more commonly used—unless a distinction needs to be made between people with the same ‘surname’)
(the idioms “on a first-name basis” + “being on first-name terms” refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their ‘given name’)
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*by contrast, a ‘surname’…
…also known as a ‘family name’ / ‘last name’ / ‘gentile name’ which is normally ‘inherited’…)
…is typically shared with other members of one’s ‘immediate family’*
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(‘regnal names’ + ‘religious’ (or ‘monastic’) names are special ‘given names’ bestowed upon someone receiving a ‘crown’ or entering a ‘religious order’)
(such a person then typically becomes known chiefly by that ‘name’)
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥