forenames
- plural of forename.
Example Sentences
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Mexican officials arrested the supposed mastermind of the assassination, named only by his forenames Jorge Amando, on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
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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