Birth name
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A birth name is the name of a person given when they are born. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the full name. Where births are officially registered, the full birth name ent
The birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe displays her birth name: Norma Jeane Mortenson.
Personal name
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A personal name, full name or prosoponym is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a phrase, they all relate to that one individual. In many cultures
Birth name
…A birth name is the name of a person given when they are born. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the full name. Where births are officially registered, the full birth name entered onto a birth register or birth certificate may become the person's legal name by…
Abraham Lincoln's name is spelled as "Lincoln Ábrahám" in this magazine from Hungary, the only country in Europe that officially uses the Eastern order – even foreign names used to be Hungarianized up until the 20th century.