forename

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːneɪm/
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹneɪm/
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Etymology tree English fore- Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English forename From fore- + name.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: անուն (anun) — name that precedes the surname
• Armenian: անձնանուն (anjnanun) — name that precedes the surname
• Bashkir: исем (isem) — name that precedes the surname
• Breton: kentanv — name that precedes the surname
• Bulgarian: собствено име (sobstveno ime) — name that precedes the surname
• Catalan: prenom — name that precedes the surname
• Catalan: nom — name that precedes the surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 名字 (míngzi) — name that precedes the surname
• Czech: křestní jméno — name that precedes the surname
• Danish: fornavn — name that precedes the surname
• Dutch: voornaam — name that precedes the surname
• Finnish: etunimi — name that precedes the surname
• French: prénom — name that precedes the surname
• French: nom de baptême — name that precedes the surname
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli) — name that precedes the surname
• German: Vorname — name that precedes the surname
• Hungarian: utónév — name that precedes the surname
• Japanese: 名前 (namae) — name that precedes the surname
• Korean: 이름 (ireum) — name that precedes the surname
• Latin: praenomen — name that precedes the surname
• Luxembourgish: Virnumm — name that precedes the surname
• Macedonian: лично име (lično ime) — name that precedes the surname
• Norwegian Bokmål: fornavn — name that precedes the surname
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fornamn — name that precedes the surname
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førenamn — name that precedes the surname
• Polish: imię — name that precedes the surname
• Portuguese: prenome — name that precedes the surname
• Portuguese: nome — name that precedes the surname
• Russian: и́мя (ímja) — name that precedes the surname
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm-baistidh — name that precedes the surname
• Southern Altai: ат (at) — name that precedes the surname
• Spanish: nombre propio — name that precedes the surname
• Spanish: nombre de pila — name that precedes the surname
• Spanish: prenombre — name that precedes the surname
• Swedish: förnamn — name that precedes the surname
• Vietnamese: tên — name that precedes the surname
• Vietnamese: tên gọi — name that precedes the surname
• Vietnamese: tên thánh — name that precedes the surname
• Volapük: pösodanem — name that precedes the surname