How to Use first name in a Sentence

first name

noun

• Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
• Anissa is being identified by her first name to protect her child’s privacy.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2022
• Due to the sensitive nature of this subject, only some sources for this story are referred to by first name only.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• The first name out of Bryan Harsin’s mouth this week when previewing Penn State wasn’t a surprise.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• An earlier version of this article incorrectly said his first name is Dwayne.
  — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2022
• Upon his ascension in the royal line of succession, Charles follows his mother's lead in keeping his own first name as monarch.
  — Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022
• His first name was always a top choice for Wilson, and his middle name served as a nod to Wilson's father, Harrison.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
• Harry and Meghan named their daughter Lilibet after the Queen, choosing her nickname for their baby girl's first name.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2022
• To protect the privacy of Sarah’s son, The Post has not named him and has identified Sarah only by her first name.
  — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
• Amidst the silver chains was one hung with the letters of his first name.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Aug. 2023
• This new pick went by a first name that was best yet, just two strokes of the pen, J and D.
  — David Maraniss, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• The book also changed the spelling of Sokolov’s first name from Lali to Lale; the movie has changed it back.
  — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• Both women gave just their first name for fear of reprisals.
  — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• Their mentor had urged, at least on his favorites, the use of his first name.
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• Ihor didn’t even know the first name of the person who contacted him.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
• The article also misspelled the first name of one of the suspects.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Lena, who gave only her first name for fear of reprisal, started to cry.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• His first name is pronounced Tay-AH-sker and his wife is Jennifer.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• The first name listed on that committee: Dr. Leona Zacharias.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2023
• Then Ravens officials saw the first name of New England’s pick: Devin.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2022
• Sometimes, all victims are left with is a first name or a nickname.
  — USA Today, 19 Jan. 2023
• Smith referred to the boy as Isaiah instead of using his first name.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2023
• On the other side, list the first names of the characters who played their fictional kids.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2023
• The duo’s name is a combination of the two members’ first names: Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic.
  — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
• The man’s full identity has not been disclosed to the public beyond his first name.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
• Those who did asked to be identified only by first names.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• Cook changed her first name at the advice of Ball, who helped launch her career in Hollywood.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Trump botches Kamala Harris’s first name, again and again and again.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• Skrillex performed on the Sonny stage; the Perry stage was renamed after Skrillex’s first name in his honor for the day.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
• The brewery, which opened in late 2020, was founded by two longtime homebrewers, Shawn Ellis and Karl Townsend, who named it based on a portmanteau of their first names.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024