forename
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Bulgaria have three players in their squad called Iliev, which I believe derives from the forename Iliya.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2021
Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
But, aged 18, he decided that, as his full name was Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, he would exclusively use Duncan as his forename.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 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
His forename was Laurence: Emily, in letters to her father, used to call him Lorenzo the Magnificent, a title which became him well enough.
From A Life's Morning by George Gissing
Mexican officials arrested the supposed mastermind of the assassination, named only by his forenames Jorge Amando, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
I hope they only learn each other's forenames when the vicar reads them out during the wedding ceremony.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2013
The boys never seem to call each other by their forenames, except when taking horrendous-sounding oaths to keep their mutual secrets, in which their full names are made part of some magical rite.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
In South Africa, the transgender community has won some victories - the Department of Home Affairs agreed this October to change the gender and forenames of a transgender woman.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2011
The father carried the Russian forenames Michael Gregory.
From Time Magazine Archive
