Examples of first name in a Sentence
Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby
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Captain Ethan Ampadu is almost certainly going to be one of the first names on Farke’s team sheet going into the opening weeks of the season.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
The baby — identified only by his first name, Carter — had been left with relatives in Ormond Beach while his parents went out to to dinner to celebrate his mother’s 21st birthday, according to Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Paramount Pictures Unless these happen to be different characters with the same first names, most of these characters are from the first two films.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
The couple have thought about Joseph—Cooper's first name in the original script.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
The baby — identified only by his first name, Carter — had been left with relatives in Ormond Beach while his parents went out to to dinner to celebrate his mother’s 21st birthday, according to Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Paramount Pictures Unless these happen to be different characters with the same first names, most of these characters are from the first two films.
—Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
The couple have thought about Joseph—Cooper's first name in the original script.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
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“First name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20name. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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