forename
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noun
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The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024
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
In various court documents, Quok’s forename appears as Cuarco, Quack, Quork, Quaco, Quarko, but most commonly as Quok, which is the spelling I have adopted.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015
Mr. BREX, with the forename of TWELLS, Against all the bishops rebels, And so fiercely upbraids Their remarks on air-raids That he rouses the envy of WELLS.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 by Various
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