first name

noun

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

Synonyms

• Christian name
• forename
• given name
• prename

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the newborn's first name is still unknown, the insider revealed that his middle name is River. —Becca Longmire, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025

Her first name will refer to Nvidia’s next-generation central processor, while her last name will refer to the chipmaker’s new GPU. —Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025

Because of an editing error, a previous version of this article misspelled the first name of the co-founder of Right Proper Brewing. —Olympia Sonnier, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025

This list is usually in alphabetical order by their first names, since that's how pages are named. —Peter Boyd, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for first name

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe