forename
Example Sentences
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A calm, softly spoken, scrupulously polite, seemingly ego-free individual, he refers to every journalist by their forename.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 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
Well, to this ageing fan of post-punk and non-landfill indie music, his forename conjures this earworm.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018
His forename was Laurence: Emily, in letters to her father, used to call him Lorenzo the Magnificent, a title which became him well enough.
From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George
