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Any name given you by God is very very important! As recorded here by Paul, all followers of Christ have been given the name Christian... Like Abrim and Jacob, you likely do or will have other names before יהוה as well; maybe one that only you and יהוה and his Son know. (Rev 2:17) What a wonder to know and hope!
Acts 11:22-26 YLT And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that is in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch, (23) who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord, (24) because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord. (25) And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul, (26) and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

Acts 11:22-26 NWT The account about them got to the ears of the congregation that was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Bar´na·bas as far as Antioch. 23 When he arrived and saw the undeserved kindness of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all to continue in the Lord with hearty purpose; 24 for he was a good man and full of holy spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord. 25 So he went off to Tarsus to make a thorough search for Saul 26 and, after he found him, he brought him to Antioch. It thus came about that for a whole year they gathered together with them in the congregation and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.

Acts 11:22-26 ALT Then the word about them was heard in the ears of the assembly, the [one] in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to pass through as far as Antioch, (23) who having arrived and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and began encouraging [them] all with purpose of [or, a resolute] heart [fig., with steadfast devotion] to be continuing with [fig., remaining loyal to] the Lord, (24) because he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord. (25) Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul. (26) And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. So it happened [that for] a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly and taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Acts 11:22-26 LITV And the Word was heard in the ears of the assembly in Jerusalem concerning them. And they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch; (23) who having come, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide near the Lord. (24) For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable crowd was added to the Lord. (25) And Barnabas went out to Tarsus to seek Saul. (26) And finding him, he brought him to Antioch. And it happened that many of them were gathered to them in the assembly a whole year. And they taught a considerable crowd. And the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

Acts 11:22-26 Darby And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch: (23) who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord; (24) for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd of people were added to the Lord. (25) And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul. (26) And having found him , he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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