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forename

[fawr-naym, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌneɪm, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
baptismal name
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NOUN
given name
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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

Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018

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

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

Yet this experience did not strengthen the MPs' questioning, but seemed to make them even tamer, as Mr Diamond addressed them by their forenames and dead-batted the most polished questions.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 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


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