A word for first name and middle name/s, but not last name
Is there a single word to denote both first name and middle name/s, but not the last name?
That is, when we speak about J.R.R. Tolkien, we may say that Tolkien is a surname, and John Ronald Reuel is [the requested word]
(John is a first name; Ronald and Reuel are middle names).
given names
the name that is chosen for you at birth and is not your family name:
- Ex. Her family name is Smith and her given names are Mary Elizabeth.
Cambridge
Merriam Webster and Wikipedia tend to agree.
You might say forenames for first and middle names
forename - A person's first or ‘Christian’ name (OED)