first name
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first name

noun

Definition of FIRST NAME

: the name that stands first in one's full name

Examples of FIRST NAME

  1. Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
  2. <the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby>

First Known Use of FIRST NAME

13th century

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