forename

Its use as a forename or middle name is rare.

Forename fails to help with the problem of those countries where the given name is always placed last.

Morse appears to use his forename, which is known by some of the people who work with him.

In one source, his second forename is written as "Stewart".

For a short period "Ruskin" was also adopted as a forename.

Kirk is also in use as both a surname and a male forename.

Often the main forename is at the beginning, resulting in a first name and one or more middle names, but other arrangements are quite common.

Moss is also known simply by his forename Chris.

For driver licensing purposes you are asked to declare your main forename.

Only the main forename you declare will be printed on the licence.

The forename is an old Irish name which refers to the yew tree.

Jim is a diminutive form of the forename "James".

The English term forename is used in several, related, contexts:

The forename of W. Head and his sister are currently unknown.

Because his father had a reputation as a court musician, he adopted his forename.

Jeremiah Newton believed she adopted her forename out of a love for sweets.

It contains the first recorded use (1835) of the phrase "middle name" referring to a second forename.

Patronymics describes the process of giving a child the father's given, or forename, as a surname.

Johnson's forename is stated as Arthur on the rugby.

However, only one change of forename and three changes of surname are permitted.

This latter fact is not certain and the forename is not in any case known.

In the early days of the family there were variations of both the surname, and the usually given forename.

He had no second forename, but used the initial 'I'."

Magnar is a somewhat common forename for men in Norway.