forename
/ˈfɔɹneɪm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To assign (someone) a first name.
verb
Synonym of prenominate.
verb
To appoint in advance.
Example Sentences
- "He forenamed him Ishmael, and assigns as a reason, his own attention to her present distress."
- "It may be noted that Le Verrier subsequently suggested another ad hoc hypothesis , namely , that the irregularities in the orbit of Mercury were due to an interior planet, which he forenamed Vulcan."
- "Implicit in the record of the resolution of a dispute in the manorial court of Werrington in 1368 are issues relating to the pattern of forenaming amongst the lower social groups of medieval England, as well, perhaps, as those concerning law and love and arbitration in inter-peasant conflict."
- "The child was named Pujari Venkata Guru Siva Prasad. the boy was forenamed Pujari to serve as a reminder to the people that he will look after the temple of Gurappa Swami and perform Devara."
- "This forenaming of Cyrus is, indeed, extraordinary, and calculated to excite attention."
- "A second Parcell of meadow which wee forenamed, sould unto the sayd John Greenland , containing Three Akers, by estimation more or less: Is lying and scituate alsoe on mistike syde, By and nere the South River , It is Bounded by a part of the South River where it divides, and it is Bounded Northwest by the Lands of Richard Dexters, alsoe it is Bounded North Easte by the Lands of Richard Cooke."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂éy Proto-Germanic *furai Proto-Germanic *furai- Proto-West Germanic *forē- Old English fore- Middle English fore- 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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹneɪm/
- British English: /ˈfɔːneɪm/