as in Christian name
a name that is placed before one's family name
the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby
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Recent Examples of first name
Joining her for the outing was her 1-year-old son with Valente, whose first name has still never been publicly revealed.
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Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
To avoid being fired from a day job over her extracurricular activities, Hoffman, whose real first name is Rivkah, adopted a stage name.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Mourners carried his coffin in the town of Bani Walid, 91 miles southeast of the capital, Tripoli, as well as large photographs of both Seif al-Islam, who was known mostly by his first name, and his father.
—Yousef Murad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Aronofsky is the first name on the press release, but his official credit is executive producer, so the depth of his involvement is not totally clear.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
To avoid being fired from a day job over her extracurricular activities, Hoffman, whose real first name is Rivkah, adopted a stage name.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
Mourners carried his coffin in the town of Bani Walid, 91 miles southeast of the capital, Tripoli, as well as large photographs of both Seif al-Islam, who was known mostly by his first name, and his father.
—Yousef Murad, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Aronofsky is the first name on the press release, but his official credit is executive producer, so the depth of his involvement is not totally clear.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first name
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The musician, whose given name is LaRussell Dwayne Thomas, has quickly gone from releasing his music independently to being signed to one of the biggest labels in the world.—
Georgia Dawkins,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The operations were given names: Operation Midway Blitz, in Chicago; Operation Catahoula Crunch, in New Orleans; Operation Charlotte’s Web, in Charlotte.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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For three quarters, The Dark Side – the intimidating nickname bestowed upon this group – held Drake Maye and the Patriots offense to 78 yards.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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During an annular solar eclipse, the moon covers a majority of the sun, leaving a distinct ring of light, hence the nickname 'ring of fire' eclipse.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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“First name.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20name. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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