Definition of Christian name

1. Noun. The first name given to Christians at birth or christening.

Exact synonyms: Baptismal Name
Generic synonyms: First Name, Forename, Given Name

Definition of Christian name

1. Noun. A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism. ¹

2. Noun. (context by extension) Any forename. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christian Name

Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Christian Friedrich Schonbein
Christian Huygens
Christian Johann Doppler
Christian Left
Christian Right
Christian Schonbein
Christian Science
Christian Scientist
Christian Universalism
Christian church
Christian era
Christian holy day
Christian liturgy
Christian metal
Christian name
Christian names
Christian religion
Christian rock
Christian soldier
Christian soldiers
Christian theology
Christian year
Christian years
Christiana
Christianese
Christiania
Christianisation
Christianise
Christianised

Literary usage of Christian name

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Domestic Service by Lucy Maynard Salmon (1897)
"A second mark of social inferiority is the use of the christian name in address. It may seem a very trifling matter, yet the fact again remains that ..."

2. Sermons on Important Subjects by Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes, Thomas Gibbons (1841)
"THE SACRED IMPORT OF THE christian name. ACTS xi. 26.—The Disciples were called ... Such is the christian name; a name about seventeen hundred years old. ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The first or christian name of a party is ... The law knows only of one Christian name, and, where plaintiff was sued by the name of Margaret Kinney, ..."

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