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PREFERRED FIRST NAME [1 record]

Record 1 2016-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Forms Design
CONT

A preferred first name is a name that you commonly use that is different from your legal first name. Examples: A transgender student has the legal first name "Jennica" but prefers to be called "Jay." This student’s preferred first name is "Jay." A student, with the full legal name "Robert Jamal Hayes," might actually go by their legal middle name "Jamal" and not their legal first name, "Robert." This student’s preferred first name is "Jamal."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Imprimés et formules
CONT

Plusieurs candidats préfèrent utiliser un prénom d'usage plutôt que celui inscrit à l'état civil. Cette pratique est-elle légale? [...] nombreux sont les prétendants à la fonction présidentielle à n’utiliser qu’une partie de leur nom, voire un prénom différent. Jean-Marie Le Pen s’appelle en réalité Jean Louis Marie Le Pen et Marie-Françoise Garaud, candidate en 1981, était beaucoup plus connue sous le diminutif de Marie-France [...]

Spanish

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