forename
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forenames
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Bulgaria have three players in their squad called Iliev, which I believe derives from the forename Iliya.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2021
Hopwood DePree is related to them through his great-grandmother, and Hopwood was passed down that line of the family as a forename.
From BBC ● May 4, 2019
There have been times when I feel like their pronunciation of my forename should win out over mine.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
Emily was the most popular girls' first forename in nine council areas, Sophie was top in seven and Isla was top in five.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2015
I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
Mexican officials arrested the supposed mastermind of the assassination, named only by his forenames Jorge Amando, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Wouldn’t we get to laugh at the prince’s ridiculous forenames?
From Slate ● May 19, 2018
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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