personal name

noun

A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.

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full name
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Meanings

nounpersonal name (plural personal names)

plural personal names

  1. A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.

    An example of this is the word Os—'a god', which was often used as an initial element in OE personal names, but is hardly ever found in independent use[…]

    1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii

    Synonyms: full name

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.

Similar
full name
Also see
full namegiven name

Translations

German Eigenname
  • Eigennamepersonal name
Polish imię i nazwisko
  • imię i nazwiskopersonal name
Cite this entry
APA

personal name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20name

MLA

“personal name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20name. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personal name,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personal%20name.

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