forename
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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
Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2018
Born in Harlem, New York, the star received his unusual forename from his father, Dudley MacDonald Gooding.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2017
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
Yet this experience did not strengthen the MPs' questioning, but seemed to make them even tamer, as Mr Diamond addressed them by their forenames and dead-batted the most polished questions.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 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
