forename

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The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

Born in Harlem, New York, the star received his unusual forename from his father, Dudley MacDonald Gooding.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2017

There have been times when I feel like their pronunciation of my forename should win out over mine.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2016

In various court documents, Quok’s forename appears as Cuarco, Quack, Quork, Quaco, Quarko, but most commonly as Quok, which is the spelling I have adopted.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various