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
But, aged 18, he decided that, as his full name was Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, he would exclusively use Duncan as his forename.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2016
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
Wouldn’t we get to laugh at the prince’s ridiculous forenames?
From Slate ● May 19, 2018
It's even-steven on this score - the only difference being the spelling of their forenames.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2013
The boys never seem to call each other by their forenames, except when taking horrendous-sounding oaths to keep their mutual secrets, in which their full names are made part of some magical rite.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 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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