baptismal name

== English == === Noun === baptismal name (plural baptismal names) 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,[1] 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? ==== Synonyms ==== baptismal, Christian name, saint's name ==== Hypernyms ==== given name, first name ==== Translations ====