forename
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Bellingham railway station in south-east London will retain its temporary forename - Jude - until Monday, Thameslink has confirmed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Bulgaria have three players in their squad called Iliev, which I believe derives from the forename Iliya.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2021
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
One exception is Canot's forename, which appears as Téodor, Téodore and Theodore throughout the text.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
Mexican officials arrested the supposed mastermind of the assassination, named only by his forenames Jorge Amando, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Wouldn’t we get to laugh at the prince’s ridiculous forenames?
From Slate ● May 19, 2018
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
