How to Use first name in a Sentence

first name

noun

• Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
• The first name on the 2022 Atlantic storm list is Alex.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 2 June 2022
• Should the first name be a short, to-the-point name, or should the moniker be long and lilting?
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
• Amidst the silver chains was one hung with the letters of his first name.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Aug. 2023
• This new pick went by a first name that was best yet, just two strokes of the pen, J and D.
  — David Maraniss, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• 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
• Enter your first name, last name, birth month, birth year and zip code.
  — Michael Woch, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022
• Each episode’s title is the first name of the Ukrainian telling their story.
  — Andy Meek, Forbes, 14 May 2022
• 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
• Sitake said Hannemann is the first name that comes to mind as a starter at strong safety.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• His first name is pronounced Tay-AH-sker and his wife is Jennifer.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
• Epicenter was the first name drawn and assigned the No. 8 post in the nine-horse field and made the 6-5 morning-line favorite.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• The first name out of Bryan Harsin’s mouth this week when previewing Penn State wasn’t a surprise.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• The first name listed on that committee: Dr. Leona Zacharias.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2023
• Then Ravens officials saw the first name of New England’s pick: Devin.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Trump botches Kamala Harris’s first name, again and again and again.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• 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
• Just go to the Target Circle page online or in the Target app and drop in your first name, last name, email and a unique password.
  — Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
• Real-world consequences of the ‘lock-in effect’ Tony, who has been retired from his job in the electronic medical records industry since 2015, asked that he only be identified by his first name to protect his privacy.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024