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Origin of first name

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50

Words nearby first name

first messenger, First Minister, first molar, first mortgage, First Mover, first name, First Nation, first night, firstnighter, first of all, first off

Other definitions for first name (2 of 2)

first-name

[ adjective furst-neym; verb furst-neym ]

/ adjective ˈfɜrstˌneɪm; verb ˈfɜrstˈneɪm /

adjective

of or relating to one's first, or given, name; familiar; intimate: They were on a first-name basis soon after meeting.

verb (used with object), first-named, first-nam·ing.

to address (someone) by his or her first name, especially as a sign of informality or familiarity: The boss doesn't like the employees to first-name her.

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Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
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But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.
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Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
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This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.
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He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.
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And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
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British Dictionary definitions for first name

first name

noun

a name given to a person at birth, as opposed to a surnameAlso called: Christian name, forename, given 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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