first name (
also given name especially American English formal) the name chosen for you by your parents:
People usually call each other by their first name. Please write your given name and your date of birth.Christian name old-fashioned first name:
His Christian name was Joseph.last name/family name/surname the name that you share with your family or husband. Most English speakers would say
last name.
Surname sounds slightly formal:
Can I have your last name? Johnson is a common English family name. At school they used to call each other by their surnames.middle name the name between your first and last names:
Harry Potter’s middle name is James.full name your first name, middle name, and last name:
I need your full name and address.maiden name a woman’s family name before she married and began using her husband’s name:
My mother’s maiden name was Higgins.married name a woman’s family name after she gets married, if she uses her husband’s name:
I don’t know what her married name is.nickname a name that people call you because of your appearance, personality etc, which is not your real name:
At school he was given the nickname ‘Shorty’.stage name the name that an actor uses which is not their real name:
She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore.pen name (
also pseudonym formal) a name that a writer uses which is not their real name:
Mark Twain was his pen name. His real name was Samuel Clemens. She wrote under the pseudonym of George Eliot.under an assumed name using a false name in order to hide your real name:
He had rented the car under an assumed name.alias /ˈeɪliəs/ a false name, especially one used by a criminal:
He uses a number of aliases.appellation formal a name which describes something – a very formal use:
This fine city justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’.sobriquet formal a nickname – a very formal use:
Jackson gained the sobriquet ‘Stonewall’ at the Battle of Bull Run. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲