Christian name

Example Sentences

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For Indigenous people, she became Malintzin, a phonetic rendition of her Christian name.

From Los Angeles Times

I could have added a second Christian name in my teenage years, when I was a member of the Roman Catholic church.

From BBC

Once they arrived in Europe, they were baptized and given Christian names, often Maria or Caterina, and sold as servants to well-to-do families.

From New York Times

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.

From Literature

The error was quickly rectified but five years on a new sign has appeared directly opposite the one that was originally spelled incorrectly with the engineer's Christian name missing the letter "e".

From BBC