personal name
C4179
concept
A personal name is a word or set of words used to uniquely identify and distinguish an individual person within a social or cultural context.
All labels observed (23)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| human name | 310 |
| personal name canonical | 166 |
| given name and surname combination | 75 |
| courtesy name | 48 |
| first name | 44 |
| given name and surname | 39 |
| humanName | 38 |
| birth name | 12 |
| given name–surname combination | 7 |
| human given name | 7 |
| givenName | 4 |
| personalName | 4 |
| placeholder name | 4 |
| اسم شخص | 4 |
| ambiguous personal name | 3 |
| maiden name | 3 |
| личное имя | 2 |
| שם פרטי מקראי | 2 |
| generic personal name | 1 |
| human given-name–surname combination | 1 |
| placeholder personal name | 1 |
| ব্যক্তিনাম | 1 |
| 人名 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: personal name
Generated description
A personal name is a word or set of words used to uniquely identify and distinguish an individual person within a social or cultural context.
Instances (682)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Francesco Esposito | human name |
| Chesney | first name |
| Yehuda Peretz | human name |
| José Tavares | — |
| Martin Hoffman | human name |
|
James Kirkwood (multiple individuals)
surface form:
James Kirkwood (name)
|
humanName |
| Tham | — |
| Ryan McDermott | human name |
| John Burnett | human name |
| Garrigue | — |
| Peter Hoffman | human name |
| Michael Kerr | humanName |
| Zhu Shou | — |
| Andreas Schmidt | human name |
| Minor | first name |
| Bert | givenName |
|
John
surface form:
John Lamb
|
human name |
| Dagmaer | first name |
| Thomasina Hamilton | — |
| William Weiss | human name |
| John Snodgrass | given name and surname combination |
| Arthel | first name |
| Torhi | human name |
| John | first name |
| Robert McDermott | human name |
| Akira Satō | human name |
| Herbert Weiss | human name |
| Leonard Weiss | given name and surname combination |
| Martin Schmidt | human name |
| Jürgen Schmidt | human name |
| Wark | — |
| Atsuhito | — |
| Michael König | given name and surname |
| Alexander Osburn | human name |
| Roger Miner | given name and surname combination |
| William Hardy | humanName |
| Michael Sullivan | human name |
| José de Garnica | — |
| William McDermott | human name |
| Jean-Jacques Rabin | birth name |
| Mansa Mata | — |
|
Halle Brown (fictional examples possible)
surface form:
Halle Brown
|
placeholder personal name |
| Alice | placeholder name |
| Wadee | — |
| John Wade | human name |
|
Abdus Shahid (various individuals)
surface form:
Abdus Shahid
|
human name |
| Ho | — |
| Timothy Sullivan | human name |
| William Wade | humanName |
| John Murray | human name |