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First Name

Definition: First Name

First Name

Noun

1. The name that precedes the surname.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: First Name

DomainDefinitions

General

Name given to identify individual family members. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: First Name

Synonyms: forename (n), given name (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: First Name

English words defined with "first name": abortion pill, address, Albino Luciano, Anoplotheriumbaptismal name, blank out, block, Blue lawscall, catch, Christian namedraw a blankforgetgetheliac, heliacalInderal, initialJnr, John Paul I, Jr, juniorLabarum, Legs of a triangleMarseillaise hymn, marsh gas, middle name, MifepristoneOccasionalismPilgrim fathers, praenomen, propanolol, Proto-Ragged school, RU 486Sabbath-day's journey, Sans-culotte, solar system, Specific nameThe MarseillaiseUna boatWater frame, Withernam. (references)
Specialty definitions using "first name": ADAM, Adenovirus E1 Proteins, American flag sort, analytic engineBackus-Naur Form, Balls, Bobadil, Borna Disease Virus, byname entryCamp, canonical name, Casabianca, census designated place, Classic C, compass points, computer ethics, COOK, Coxsackieviruses, CyberZineDanaos, Distributed Component Object Model, Domain Name SystemExodus, Book ofFile Allocation Table, Floor Manager, Florizel, forename entrygiven name entry, Google, GueuxHafed, Highgate, HOPE, Horn clause, HP-SUXInsignia Solutions, Inc., Interchange File FormatJohn, Third Epistle of, JUDYLake School, Linola, Linus, Lollards, Long Words, Lucent Technologies, LutheransMargites, MARTINET, mcvax, Milesian Fables, MPEG-1, MPLNahash, Nain, NERO, netiquette, Ninety-Ninety Ruleobject-oriented programming, Olaf, Old EnglandPaphos, Patriotism, PATROL JUDGE, periodic group, Pithom, Presidents, PROFILING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Protagoras of Abdera, pyramid cutReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, recessing-machine operator, Reference person, Routing Information Protocol, Rumpelstilzchen, runner upSamothracia, Sergius Paulus, Shalott, Sheshach, Sinclair Research, Solaris, Stephen Kleene, Stirling distribution, suffrage, SUFFRAGETTETYMNETUNIVAC, user nameVan Allen, James A.White Ladies. (references)

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Modern Usage: First Name

DomainUsage

Screenplays

My baloney has a first name, it's H-O-M-E-R, my baloney has a second name, it's H-O-M-E-R. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

By the way, do you have a first name, or do I just call you Bat? (Batman Forever; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lee Batchler)

Well if you're asking me for a date I should know your first name. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

And what would your first name be? (The Jackal; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer)

From now on, I have no first name. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Lyrics

No, my first name ain't baby, (Nasty; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Clever

You work for a defense contractor if you are on a first name basis at your local unemployment office. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: First Name

DomainTitle

Books

  • [Zikhron la-aharonim] = Latter day leaders, sages, and scholars : born between late 18th and early 20th century : computerized bibliographical index, alphabetized by first name, surname, and town (reference)

  • I Know My First Name Is Steven (reference)

  • Random House Famous Name Finder : Concise Biographies of over 10,000 Legendary People, Indexed Four Ways : Last Name, First Name, Nickname, Spouse's Name (reference)

  • You Are Your First Name (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: First Name

AuthorQuotation

Maggie Kuhn

The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: First Name

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Outside of the immediate family nobody had ever known her first name.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: First Name

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Equatorial Guinea

Equatoguineans tend to have both a Spanish first name and an African first and last name. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

When written, the Spanish and African first names are followed by the father's first name (which becomes the principal surname) and the mother's first name. (references)

Travel

Bahamas

Conversations generally move to a first name basis a bit more slowly than in the United States. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: First Name

Expression using "first name": look up her first name on a list. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: First Name

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
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per Day

  first name

817

  common first name

8

  first name meaning

713

  first name popular

8

  first name origin

112

  female first name

8

  irish first name

43

  first name russian

8

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24

  what does your first name mean

8

  first name scottish

22

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22

  chinese first name

7

  dictionary of first name

21

  first name polish

7

  first name spanish

16

  first name change

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  first name search

16

  jewish first name

6

  brook dunns first name

12

  album chevelle first name

6

  first name people search

12

  etymology first name

6

  french first name

11

  american first name

6

  first name software

11

  first name page white

5

  first name almanac

10

  boy first name

5

  by card daily first name reading tarot

10

  first name translation

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  first name program spreadsheet

10

  dutch first name

5

  band first name pettys tom

10

  dr first name seuss

4

  english first name

10

  computer first name

4

  baby first name

8

  people search by first name

4
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Modern Translations: First Name

Language Translations for "first name"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

voornaam (Christian name). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

emër (appellation, character, denomination, eminence, fame, forename, Mark, name, notoriety, noun, reputation, savor, savour, substantive, title). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الاسم الخاص, ‏الأسم الأول. (various references)

   

Basque

  

izen. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

собствено име (forename). (various references)

   

Czech

  

jméno (appellation, Cynthia, Daphne, Jocko, name, Nom). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fornavn (Christian name, forename, given name). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voornaam (aristocratic, Christian name, forename, given name, important, serious). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

antaŭnomo, antaŭa nomo. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

fornavn. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ristimänimi (baptismal name, Christian name), etunimi (Christian name, forename), etunenä (Christian name). (various references)

   

French

  

prénom. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

foarnamme. (various references)

   

German

  

vorname (christian name, firstname, forename, given name). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όνομα (Christian name, forename, given name, monicker, name, noun, repute), μικρό όνομα (christian name, forename, name in religion). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שם פרטי (forename). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

keresztnév (forename, given name). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

skírnarnafn. (various references)

   

Italian

  

prenome (forename), nome (appellation, Christian name, forename, given name, name, nickname, noun, title). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

筆 者 (first name on a list, head of a family). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひっとうしゃ (first name on a list, head of a family). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

fornavn. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

nom (pichon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irstfay amenay

   

Portuguese

  

primeiro marinheiro, nome próprio (Christian name, forename, given name, proper name), nome (appellation, appellative, Christian name, denomination, famed, forename, given name, imprint, name, noun, nouns, substantive). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prenume (christian/first name, forename, given name). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

имя (appellation, appellative, baptismal name, christian name, denotation, forename, name). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ime (name, title). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

nombre de pila (baptismal name, christian name, forename). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förnamn (Christian name, first names, forename). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

isim (appellation, character, denomination, designation, forename, given name, moniker, name, noun, record, repute, substantive, title), ad (appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, fame, given name, moniker, name, noun, reputation, repute, substantive, title). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

at (horse). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tên thánh (forename). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: First Name

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

prænomen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: First Name

LanguageDateSource1 Chronicles Chapter 25, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai exhlqen o klhroV o prwtoV uiwn autou kai adelfwn autou tw asaf tw iwshf godolia o deuteroV hnia adelfoi autou kai uioi autou deka duo
Latin405VulgateEgressaque est sors prima Ioseph qui erat de Asaph secunda Godoliae ipsi et filiis eius et fratribus duodecim
Jacobean English1611King JamesNow the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
Victorian English1833WebsterNow the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
Basic English1964OgdenNow of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: First Name

Language1 Chronicles Chapter 25, Verse 9
CebuanoKaron ang unang kapalaran migula ngadto kang Asaph ngadto kang Jose: ang ikaduha ngadto kang Gedalias; siya ug ang iyang mga kaigsoonan ug mga anak nga lalake, napulo ug duha.
Chinese掣 籤 的 時 候 、 第 一 掣 出 來 的 是 亞 薩 的 ' 子 約 瑟 . 第 二 是 基 大 利 、 他 ' 他 弟 兄 並 ' 子 共 十 二 人 。
CroatianPrvi je ždrijeb pao na Asafovca Josipa, drugi na Gedaliju s njegovom braæom i sinovima, njih dvanaest,
DanishDet første Lod traf Josef, ham selv med hans Brødre og Sønner, tolv; det andet Gedalja, ham selv med hans Brødre og Sønner, tolv;
DutchHet eerste lot nu ging uit voor Asaf, namelijk voor Jozef. Het tweede voor Gedalja; hij en zijn broederen, en zijn zonen, waren twaalf.
FinnishEnsimmäinen arpa, Aasafin arpa, tuli Joosefille. Toinen Gedaljalle, hänelle itselleen sekä hänen veljilleen ja pojilleen, joita oli kaikkiaan kaksitoista.
FrenchLe premier sort échut, pour Asaph, Joseph; le second, Guedalia, lui, ses frères et ses fils, douze;
GermanUnd das erste Los fiel unter Asaph auf Joseph. Das zweite auf Gedalja samt seinen Brüdern und Söhnen; derer waren zwölf.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka undi yang pertama bagi Asaf itu kenalah Yusuf, yang kedua kenalah Gedalya, maka ia dengan segala saudaranya dan anaknya laki-laki adalah dua belas orang.
MaoriNa ko te putanga o te rota tuatahi no Ahapa, ki a Hohepa: o te tuarua no Keraria; tekau ma rua ratou ko ona teina, ko ana tama.
NorwegianDet første lodd kom ut for Asaf, det vil si for Josef; Gedalja blev den annen, han selv med sine brødre og sønner, tolv i tallet;
PortugueseA primeira sorte, que era de Asafe, saiu a José; a segunda a Gedalias, que com seus irmãos e filhos eram doze;   
RumanianCel dintki sory iewit, a fost din Asaf, pentru Iosif; al doilea, pentru Ghedalia, el, frayii wi fiii lui, doisprezece;
SwedishDen första lotten kom ut för Asaf och föll på Josef; den andre blev Gedalja, han själv med sina bröder och söner, tillsammans tolv;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: First Name

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-m-n-r-s-t"

-1 letter: fainters, manifest, minarets, raftsmen, raiments.

-2 letters: anestri, antsier, etamins, fainest, fainter, fairest, famines, fireman, firmans, firmest, imarets, infares, inmates, maestri, maftirs, marines, martens, martins, minaret, minster, minters, misrate, nastier, raiment, ratines, remains, remints, retains, retinas, retsina, sarment, seminar, smarten, smartie, snifter, stainer, stearin, tameins.

-3 letters: afrits, afters, aimers, airest, airmen, aments, amines, animes.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-m-n-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: firmaments, manifester.

 

+2 letters: freemartins, manifesters.

 

+3 letters: amentiferous, deformations, ferrimagnets, fragmentizes, fraternalism, frontiersman, reformations, refrainments.

 

+4 letters: craftsmanlike, fermentations, fraternalisms, informalities, manufactories, midafternoons, preformations.

 

+5 letters: ferrimagnetism, ferromagnetism, fragmentations, handicraftsmen, interferograms, microfilaments, reaffirmations, reformulations, retransforming, sportfisherman, transformative, transmogrified, transmogrifies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: First Name


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 69 72 73 74      4E 61 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101001 01110010 01110011 01110100 00100000 01001110 01100001 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#105 &#114 &#115 &#116 &#32 &#78 &#97 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0069 0072 0073 0074      004E 0061 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4075848586248677971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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