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forename

noun as in baptismal name

noun as in first name

noun as in given name

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC

Like others, Kim, who declined to given his forename, is betting on Beijing’s push for tech self-sufficiency to counter U.S. trade sanctions and bans.

From Reuters

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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