forename
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Jill Tambaros said Keir Mather was named after Keir Hardie, who founded the party, and is also the forename of the current leader.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023
Bulgaria have three players in their squad called Iliev, which I believe derives from the forename Iliya.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2021
Others pointed out that Effie was short for Euphemia - a distinctive forename which coupled with the information that she died in the Blitz was a strong lead.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2019
There have been times when I feel like their pronunciation of my forename should win out over mine.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
It's even-steven on this score - the only difference being the spelling of their forenames.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2013
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
