"Christian name" meaning in English

See Christian name in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Christian names [plural]
Etymology: From Christian + name. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Christian}} Christian, {{m|en|name}} name Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christian name (plural Christian names)
  1. (Christianity) A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism. Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: first name, forename, given name, front name Related terms: Sunday name Translations (first name at Christian baptism): anv-badez [masculine] (Breton), nom de fonts [masculine] (Catalan), 教名 (jiàomíng) (english: religious name) (Chinese Mandarin), 名字 (míngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), křestní jméno [neuter] (Czech), doopnaam [masculine] (Dutch), baptonomo (Esperanto), ristimänimi (Finnish), nom de baptême [masculine] (French), Taufname [masculine] (German), Vorname [masculine] (German), keresztnév (Hungarian), ainm baiste [masculine] (Irish), nome di battesimo [masculine] (Italian), クリスチャンネーム (Kurisuchan nēmu) (Japanese), 洗礼名 (senreimei) (alt: せんれいめい) (Japanese), 名前 (namae) (alt: なまえ) (Japanese), ќрсно и́ме (ḱrsno íme) [neuter] (Macedonian), imię chrzcielne [neuter] (Polish), nome de batismo [feminine] (Portuguese), nume de botez (Romanian), и́мя, да́нное при креще́нии (ímja, dánnoje pri kreščénii) [neuter] (Russian), и́мя (ímja) [neuter] (Russian), ainm-baistidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), nombre de pila [masculine] (Spanish), vaftiz adı (Turkish), tên thánh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Christian_name-en-noun-V7cCmhA6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 9 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 8 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 11 45 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'first name at Christian baptism': 59 6 35
  2. (by extension) Any forename. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-Christian_name-en-noun-H5SJCbJu Categories (other): English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 11 45
  3. (Singapore) An English given name, particularly for ethnic Chinese who usually have a separate Chinese name. Tags: Singapore Categories (topical): Onomastics
    Sense id: en-Christian_name-en-noun-Cfv4sEWW Disambiguation of Onomastics: 31 14 55 Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 8 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 11 45

Inflected forms

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  "word": "Christian name"
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