Name

Name FIRST

Between 2010 and 2021 there were 1 birth of First in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name First per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom First
In Italiano

Nome First

Information about the first name First

The first name First has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name First is the most common is:

Chili

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 5 letters including 1 vowel and 4 consonants

First in Japanese ^*

Romaji	faasuto
Katakana	ファースト
Hiragana	ふぁーすと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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First in sign language

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First in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name First

English

Etymology

As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst.
As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט‎ (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above.
As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from German and thus related to the above.

Etymology

From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.

Etymology (Adverb)

first (not comparable)
Before anything else; firstly.
For the first time.
(Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, nonstandard) Now.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

1st, Ist; I, I. (in names of monarchs and popes)
firste (archaic)
fyrst, fyrste (obsolete)

Etymology (Noun)

first (countable and uncountable, plural firsts)
(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
(uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
(countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
(countable, baseball) first base
(countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
(countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
(in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.

Etymology (See also)

primary
primus inter pares

Etymology (Noun)

first (plural firsts)
(obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

Anagrams

FTIRs, SIRTF, frist, frits, rifts

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜːst/
(General American) enPR: fŭrst, IPA(key): /fɝst/
(Scotland) IPA(key): /fɪrst/, /fʌrst/
Hyphenation: first
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz.

Adjective

first
first

Alternative forms

ferst, furst, fyrst
frist, frust, frost, frest
virst, vurst, vorst, verst

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /first/, /furst/, /fɛrst/

Adjective (Descendants)

English: first
Scots: first
Yola: vursth, vurst, virst, vrist

General

Proper noun

First
A surname.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German virst, from Old High German first, perhaps ultimately from a combination of Proto-Indo-European *per- + *steh₂-, similar to Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“ridge, back”), Latin postis (“doorpost”), Ancient Greek παστάς (pastás, “porch”).

Noun