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

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

I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various