forename
pronunciation
How to pronounce forename in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:neɪm]
How to pronounce forename in American English:
US [ˈfɔrneɪm]
-
- Noun:
- the name that precedes the surname
Word Origin
- forename (n.)
- 1530s, from fore- + name (n.). The equivalent of Latin praenomen. Old English had forenama. Middle English had fore-named in the sense "mentioned before" (c. 1200).
Example
- 1. Most will be simply bewildered by passages like this one : " when a peeress ( i.e. a duchess , marchioness , countess , viscountess or baroness ) obtains a divorce , the general rule is that she places her forename before her title , for example , mary , duchess of hampshire . "