christian name

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   the first name given to Christians at birth or christening

   Synonymsbaptismal name

   Broaderfirst name

Questions about christian name

What does christian name mean?

christian name means "the first name given to Christians at birth or christening".

What is another word for christian name?

Close synonyms include baptismal name. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is christian name a common word?

christian name is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.