forename

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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

There have been times when I feel like their pronunciation of my forename should win out over mine.

From The Guardian • May 23, 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

Yet, where are all the senior politicians sharing the same forename?

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2012

I have a strange name, too, that is, forename.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various