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forename
noun as in baptismal name
Weak matches
noun as in first name
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in given name
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.
A calm, softly spoken, scrupulously polite, seemingly ego-free individual, he refers to every journalist by their forename.
Instead, he will lead England into this summer’s European Championship — hoping to win an international tournament in a final on home soil — as Harry Kane, forename and surname, like a reverse Pelé.
“Our Chin state used to be peaceful, but this is a new experience for us,” said one of the resistance fighters, who would be identified only by his tribal forename, Salai, for safety reasons.
It is quite a common Spanish surname but less so as a forename.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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