Search for a person on Facebook by their first name

Search person on Facebook with search bar

• If you only have the first name of someone you are with Facebook search, you can use the search bar on the site to find that person.
• In the beginning you should just enter the full first name of the person you are looking for, so that you can Facebook displays a list of people who have that first name, with Facebook being the people you contact through others friends might know, shows at the top of the list.
• You can look at the list and possibly see from the profile picture whether this is the person you are looking for and would like to add as a friend on Facebook.
• If your search is unsuccessful, the relevant person may not be able to contact your full name, but with a nickname, an abbreviation or a pseudonym.
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• In such a case, you can also enter this information in the search bar to find the relevant person and add them as a friend.


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Search by first name in friend lists of other friends

• If searching with the search bar on Facebook did not work, you can also use the friend list of other friends to search for or find the person in question. to find.
• To do this, simply click on a person in your friends list who you are sure is friends with the person you are looking for. knows this.
• Do you have this profile opened, click on the option "Friends", so that all friends of the respective contact, sorted alphabetically, are displayed.
• Here you can then look up the first name of the person you are looking for and want to add as a friend by examining the list for their name.
• Finally, if you have the person resp. found their first name, immediately click on "Add as friend" to add the contact as a friend.