personal name

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personal name

noun personal names

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[…]
Similar: full name

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noun personal name

Deutsch	Eigenname

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@misc{personal_name_2026,
  title = {personal name},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personal%20name},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}