Plantilya:given name/doc

This template is used in definitions for given names. The content is generated by Module:name.

Parameters

|1= (required)

Language code; see Wiktionary:List of languages. The parameter |lang= is a deprecated synonym; please do not use. If this is used, all numbered parameters move down by one.

|2= or |gender=

gender: male or female or unisex

|or=

2nd gender: male or female; if a gender other than "male" or "female" or "unisex" is specified, the template adds a tracking template.

|2= or |from=

Language name, specifying the origin of the language. This is a language name, not a code.

|dim= or |diminutive=; |dim2=, |dim3=, and so on for additional main forms

Main form, if the current is a diminutive.

|dimalt=, |dimalt2=, etc.

Alternative display text of the main form, if the current is a diminutive.

{docparam|dimtr}}, |dimtr2=, etc.

Manual transliteration of the main form, if the current is a diminutive.

|eq=, |eq2=, |eq3=, etc.

Equivalent name in English, for use in foreign-language entries:.

|xlit=, |xlit2=, |xlit3=, etc.

Transliterated name in English, for use in foreign-language entries.

|A=

Something to use instead of the initial "A".

|sort=

What to sort by (in the generated categories) if not the pagename.

Note the difference between equivalent and transliterated names. For example, the Russian name has transliterated name Mikhail and equivalent name Michael.

Examples

To display the result

A male [[|given name]].

and categorise the entry into the category Category:English male given names, use the following :

{{given name|en|male}}.

If one knows the origin of the name; to display the result

A male [[|given name]].

and categorise the entry into the category Category:English male given names from Hebrew, use the following :

{{given name|en|male|from=Hebrew}}.

Substituting for 'Hebrew' the proper origin of the word : e.g., Germanic, Latin, Chinese.

To display the result

A female [[|given name]].

and categorise the entry into the category Category:English female given names, use the following :

{{given name|en|female}}.

Similarly, if one knows that the name is transferred from an English surname; to display the result

.

and categorise the entry into the category Category:English female given names from surnames, use the following :

{{given name|en|female|from=surnames}}.

If the name is male or female, use

{{given name|en|male|or=female}}

For foreign languages' names: for a German name for which one does not know the origin, use

{{given name|de|male}}

For a German name which one knows to be from Hebrew, use

{{given name|de|male|from=Hebrew}}

See also

• {{historical given name}}
• {{surname}}