first name

See also: first-name

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Noun

first name (plural first names)

1. The first element of a full name.
   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] Children address teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes' homework a night.

Synonyms

• birth name
• given name

Related terms

terms related to first name

• antonyms: family name or last name or surname
• synonyms: forename or given name
• middle name

• nickname
• Christian name
• personal name

Translations

name chosen by parents

• Armenian: անուն (hy) (anun)
• Atayal: lalu
• Bashkir: исем (isem)
• Breton: kentanv (br) m, anv-badez (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名字 (zh) (míngzi)

• Czech: křestní jméno (cs) n
• Danish: fornavn (da) n
• Dutch: voornaam (nl) m
• Estonian: eesnimi
• Faroese: fornavn n
• Finnish: etunimi (fi)
• French: prénom (fr) m, petit nom (fr) m, nom de baptême (fr) m
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli)
• German: Vorname (de) m
• Greek: μικρό όνομα n (mikró ónoma), μικρό (el) n (mikró)
• Hebrew: שם פרטי‎‎ (he) m (shem prati)
• Hungarian: utónév (hu) (literally "last name," in Hungarian family name precedes given name), keresztnév (hu)
• Ido: prenomo (io)
• Interlingua: prenomine, prime nomine

• Italian: nome (it) m, nome di battesimo m, nome proprio (it) m
• Japanese: 名前 (ja) (なまえ, namae)
• Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmʊəh)
• Korean: 이름 (ko) (ireum)
• Latin: praenomen n
• Maori: ingoa karanga, ingoa kārangaranga
• Ngazidja Comorian: ismu
• Norwegian: fornavn (no) n
• Polish: imię (pl) n
• Portuguese: prenome (pt) m, nome (pt) m, primeiro nome m, nome próprio m, nome de batismo m
• Romanian: prenume (ro) n
• Russian: и́мя (ru) n (ímja)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm-baistidh m
• Slovak: krstné meno n
• Spanish: nombre (es)
• Swedish: förnamn (sv)
• Turkish: küçük ad (tr), ön ad (tr)
• Vietnamese: tên thánh (vi)
• Volapük: pösodanem (vo)

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