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first name

 
/ˈfɜrst ˈneɪm/ noun

Definition

A2 the name that comes before your family name: What is Mrs. Jackson’s first name?
(Definition of first name noun from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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