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Discover Ludwig"personal name" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to someone's given name, as opposed to a surname or family name. For example, "John Smith is the personal name of the author of this book."
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personal name
noun
A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.
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As a matter of courtesy, one should spell a personal name as the person so named desires.
A typosquatter registers the misspelled trademark or personal name of a well-known brand or person.
It generally involves one party, the squatter, using the trademark or personal name of a well-known brand or person to register a website domain name.
"That's not a personal name, " Mr. Nielsen explained.
I'm used to having a 'formal' name and a personal name, so I'm keeping that.
His family name was Oda; his original personal name is no longer known.
Iblīs, in Islam, the personal name of the devil, probably derived from the Greek diabolos.
The personal name of God probably was known long before the time of Moses.
The meaning of the personal name of the Israelite God has been variously interpreted.
Thus the basic pattern is given name + family name, together called the name or the personal name.
Place-names with the suffix by following a Norman personal name reflect immigration from the south about this time.
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