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Since 名前 can also mean full name, it would be nice to have a single word that
is complimentary to 苗字. Is there one available for common use?
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Is there a shorter way to say 下の名前?
In spoken language, strange as it may sound, there is really no shorter way to
say [下]{した}の[名前]{なまえ} to refer to one's given name. As a native speaker, I
would surely know if there were such a word.

There are a couple of ways to ask for one's given name in spoken Japanese.

1) Direct: 「下のお名前を[教]{おし}えていただけますか。」

2) Indirect: 「[田中]{たなか}なに[様]{さま} (or [田中]{たなか}なにさん)とおっしゃいますか。」

In both cases, you already know the person's family name but not his given
name.

In written language, however, a short word for "given name" exists, which is
名. On official forms, you often see two separate spaces for [姓]{せい} and
[名]{めい}.
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