Christian name meaning
ENWChristian name
- Traditionally, a Christian name or Baptismal name is a personal name given on the occasion of Christian baptism, with the ubiquity of infant baptism in medieval Christendom.
- "Christian names were imposed for the distinction of persons, surnames for the difference of families."
- But, strictly speaking, the "Christian name" is not merely the forename distinctive of the individual member of a family, but the name given to him at his Christening, i.e., his baptism.
- NounPLChristian names
Definition of Christian name in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "Christian name" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.