forename

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The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

A calm, softly spoken, scrupulously polite, seemingly ego-free individual, he refers to every journalist by their forename.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

Bulgaria have three players in their squad called Iliev, which I believe derives from the forename Iliya.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2021

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018

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 Gissing, George