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

But, aged 18, he decided that, as his full name was Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, he would exclusively use Duncan as his forename.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2016

In various court documents, Quok’s forename appears as Cuarco, Quack, Quork, Quaco, Quarko, but most commonly as Quok, which is the spelling I have adopted.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

One exception is Canot's forename, which appears as Téodor, Téodore and Theodore throughout the text.

From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz