<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">first names</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31362150</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:37:43</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">first name</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">forenames</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">given names</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">names, first</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ In the context of personal names, particularly in western culture, a first name is the name given to a person at birth or an early period of life, historically at baptism and historically chosen to signify or honor a saint, an earlier family member, or a personal characteristic. In modern western usage, a first name is combined with a family name or other names to distinguish between multiple people having the same first name. In other traditions, such as Islamic tradition, the first name may be a religious name or another sort of name. ]]></dc:description></metadata>