forename
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Bellingham railway station in south-east London will retain its temporary forename - Jude - until Monday, Thameslink has confirmed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The promoters preferred the heavyweight's middle name, Moses, to his given forename of Enriko.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
There have been times when I feel like their pronunciation of my forename should win out over mine.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
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
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
