The phrase "a forename" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a person's first name, especially in contexts discussing names or identity.
Example: "In many cultures, a forename is often chosen based on family tradition or personal significance."
Alternatives: "a first name" or "a given name."
For example, a forename, surname and date of birth are personal attributes.
For example, an email application defines an identity via a login, password, a surname and a forename.
Name One element of a name will find all names containing that element, whether as a forename, middle name, or surname.
Under the empire (after 27 bc), it was regularly adopted by the ruler as a forename and gradually came to apply to his office.
My favourites were The Four Marys – Cotter, Radleigh, Simpson and Field, eponymous third formers united by a forename and their zeal for the common good.
An e-commerce application can define an identity via an email address, a password, a surname, a forename, an address and a date of birth.
The two women are easily muddled, I argue lamely, because they are both blonde, female presenters with an unusual forename, linked to a forgettable two-syallable second name.
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the middle son of a wealthy Marxist who gave all three of his sons a Lenin forename and sent them to Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University, was 26 years old when he pulled off one of the greatest pieces of terrorist theatre of the late 20th century.
In that area, though, Star Trek boldly went beyond the cold war stereotypes of the 1960s in admitting to the USS Enterprise a Russian crew member, named Pavel Chekhov, either deliberately or accidentally combining the surname of the greatest Russian dramatist with a common forename among his characters.
In 1900, 68% of boys were given a first forename that was in the top 10.
Since Onomap only makes use of a single forename, only the first forename was used when the application was run.
