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baptismal name en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A name given at baptism (christening).
   • 1685, Charles Cotton (translator), Essays of Michael, Seigneur de Montaigne, London: T. Basset et al., Volume 1, “Of Names,” pp. 538-539, Will not Posterity say, that our Modern Reformation has been wonderfully exact, in having […] proceeded so far, as to quarrel with the Ancient Baptismal Names of Charles, Lewis, and Francis, to fill the World with Methusalems, Ezekiels, and Malachies, of a more Scriptural sound?
   • they had been lovers—if you could give that name to a relationship in which she had never used his baptismal name 1940, Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory, London: Heinemann, Part 2, Chapter 1, p. 85:
   • “John Walter Ardworth, commonly called Walter; he, like me, preferred to be known only by his second baptismal name. […]” 1846, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter 6, in Lucretia, volume 2, London: Saunders and Otley, page 234:
   • A custom had generally obtained, of giving a new name, upon adopting a new member into a family. […] In imitation of this common practice, the old christians gave baptismal names to their children, which were intended to point out their heavenly adoption, as their surnames distinguished their temporal alliance. 1779, William Gilpin, Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England, London: R. Blamire, Volume 1, Lecture 1, p. 9:

Forms

Hypernyms

given name · first name

Synonyms

Christian name · baptismal · saint's name

Translations (15)

ga ainm baiste (name given at christening) · br anv-badez (name given at christening) · ro nume de botez (name given at christening) · el βαπτιστικό (name given at christening) · vi tên thánh (name given at christening) · ja 洗礼名 (name given at christening) · nl doopnaam (name given at christening) · de Taufname (name given at christening) · lt krikštãvardis (name given at christening) · pl imię chrzcielne (name given at christening) · sv dopnamn (name given at christening) · lt kri̇̀kšto var̃das (name given at christening) · vi tên rửa tội (name given at christening) · fr nom de baptême (name given at christening) · pt nome de batismo (name given at christening)