A family evening gets completely out of hand when the hostess's brother announces the name he has chosen for his unborn son.

A dinner with close friends and family. Literature professor Pierre Garaud and his wife Elisabeth have invited their childhood friend Claude, Elisabeth's brother Vincent and his pregnant partner Anna to their home. Because Anna is late, the father-to-be Vincent announces in her absence that they are expecting a son and want to call him Adolphe. The circle of friends is horrified! The child is to have the same first name as Adolf Hitler? The debate about whether you can name your child like a mass murderer is just the beginning of a series of sharp exchanges that reveal surprising truths about everyone present over the course of the evening.
"The First Name" has been one of the most frequently performed contemporary comedies since its premiere in Paris in 2010 and has been filmed twice.