first name

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first name (plural first names)

The first element of a full name in cultures that place the given name first.
- 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.

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 (et)
Faroese: fornavn (fo) 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 (el) 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

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