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forename

[ fawr-neym, fohr- ]

noun

  1. a name that precedes the family name or surname; first name.


forename

/ ˈɔːˌԱɪ /

noun

  1. a first or Christian name
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of forename1

First recorded in 1525–35; fore- + name
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The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.

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

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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.

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“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.

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It is quite a common Spanish surname but less so as a forename.

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