first name
Example Sentences
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For cultural commentator Coco, who goes by her first name and has amassed more than 100,000 followers on TikTok analysing Love Island, this reflects an important distinction.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Many children in Kenya traditionally inherit their father's first name as their surname, but there are an increasing number of people who are taking their mother's instead.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
If his first name inevitably evokes Arthurian legend, Fery’s march through the draw gave Britain reason to believe again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
An earlier version of this article incorrectly spelled his first name as Luis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Dashiell Hammett’s real first name was Samuel. Maybe he thought using Dashiell would be too much of a giveaway.”
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
