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forenames

forenames is the plural of forename.

forenames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forename.

Meaning of forename

Noun

forename (plural forenames)

  1. A name that precedes the surname.

See all 4 meanings of forename

Questions about forenames

What is forenames the plural of?
Forenames is the plural of forename.

Words near forenames in the dictionary

  1. foremoved
  2. foremoves
  3. foremoving
  4. forename
  5. forenamed
  6. forenames
  7. forenaming
  8. forend
  9. forends
  10. foreneck
  11. forenecks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forenames (page history and authors); forename (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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