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first name

noun

Definition of first name

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 The show has too many blandly interchangeable characters, too much grimness, too much repetition (and not just of Targaryen first names) and too much thumb-twiddling. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026 Physical invitations have reportedly been mailed out to a ton of ladies, whose legal first name must be Janice on their birth certificates, passports or driver’s licenses. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 Court papers say Doyle used a different first name while dealing with Matthiesen and continued to invent excuses after the painting had been sold, even falsely claiming the buyer had failed to pay him despite already receiving the money. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 The likely starter at quarterback at the beginning of the season is junior Daniel Kakooza, but by season’s end, beware of freshman Exavier Johnson, whose father with the same first name was a standout quarterback at Birmingham and Taft. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for first name

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Releasing via Reprise Records, the LP features the artwork of Strings’ mom, Debra Apostol (Strings’ given name is William Lee Apostol).

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2026
Many have since been microchipped and given names.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2026

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Few figures are as synonymous with Mexican football as Aguirre, now in his third stint coaching the national team after being in charge for the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, but this co-exists with his El Vasco nickname.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
The law, passed in 2024, prohibits K-12 public schools from using any derogatory Native American term for athletic team mascots, names or nicknames.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

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