forename

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ name

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːneɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹneɪm/

Noun

forename (plural forenames)

1. A name that precedes the surname.

Synonyms

• (a name that precedes surname): given name, Christian name, prename

Antonyms

• aftername

Hyponyms

• (structural) name
• (a name that precedes surname): first name, middle name, confirmation name

Related terms

terms related to forename

• family name
• last name

• surname

Translations

a name that precedes surname

• Armenian: անուն (hy) (anun), անձնանուն (anjnanun)
• Bashkir: исем (isem)
• Bulgarian: собствено име n (sobstveno ime)
• Catalan: prenom (ca) m, nom (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名字 (zh) (míngzi)

• Czech: křestní jméno (cs) n
• Dutch: voornaam (nl) m
• Finnish: etunimi (fi)
• French: prénom (fr) m, nom de baptême (fr) m
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli)
• German: Vorname (de) m
• Hungarian: utónév (hu)

• Japanese: 名前 (ja) (なまえ, namae)
• Korean: 이름 (ko) (ireum)
• Luxembourgish: Virnumm m
• Macedonian: лично име (mk) n (lično ime)
• Norwegian: fornavn (no) n
• Polish: imię (pl) n
• Portuguese: prenome (pt) m, nome (pt) m
• Russian: и́мя (ru) n (ímja)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm-baistidh m
• Spanish: nombre (es) m, nombre propio (es) m, nombre de pila (es) m
• Swedish: förnamn (sv) n
• Vietnamese: tên (vi), tên gọi (vi), tên thánh (vi) (Christian)
• Volapük: pösodanem (vo)