forename
Americannoun
noun
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The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.
From BBC
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.
From New York Times
“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.
From Washington Post
It is quite a common Spanish surname but less so as a forename.
From BBC
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