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forename
noun as in baptismal name
Weak matches
noun as in first name
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in given name
Weak matches
Example Sentences
A calm, softly spoken, scrupulously polite, seemingly ego-free individual, he refers to every journalist by their forename.
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.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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