forename
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Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
Born in Harlem, New York, the star received his unusual forename from his father, Dudley MacDonald Gooding.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2017
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
I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
It's even-steven on this score - the only difference being the spelling of their forenames.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2013
I hope they only learn each other's forenames when the vicar reads them out during the wedding ceremony.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 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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