How to Use first name in a Sentence

first name

noun
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  • Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
  • Amidst the silver chains was one hung with the letters of his first name.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Frederic — who asked to be identified only by his first name — was in the metro when the bomb went off.
    — Samuel Petrequin, ajc, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Spoiler alert: the best part was when my cohost Ellen McGirt asked him how to pronounce his first name.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In the photo, the mom of two held back her hair to reveal Wave's first name written in red-brown letters along her jawline.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
  • For a parent of an only child, the bar could also be customized with the baby’s first name.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Thomas Rongen has learned, over the course of a globe-trotting soccer career, the importance of locking in the first name on the team sheet.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Bentley may not be the first name that leaps to mind when most people think of golf, but this isn’t the first time the brand has dipped its toes into these waters.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Jacques is Scott's real first name, so Aire will no longer have a nominal tribute to his dad.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Skye, who gave only her first name, was helping the owner staff Mindful Bee Detroit's tent at the event.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2023
  • A day earlier, at the Saturday vigil, a pastor read the first names of the 18 people who died.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The plaintiffs were only identified by first name and last initial in the lawsuit, and Kelly asked CNN to do the same.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Dua chose to only use her first name for fear of further targeting.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The surviving teenager, who suffered stabs and cuts, told police the first name of the suspect and said the victims had been stabbed, the sheriff said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 3 July 2023
  • Reuters has referred to them by their first names or nicknames for safety reasons.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023

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