prenomen

The various Terraces, each with a prenomen more graceful than the other, are the same.

These, by a curtailment or national corruption of their proper prenomen, would be ordinarily styled Sandy this, Jock that.

Under the frieze of the naos an oval with the prenomen of Rameses II.

Oh, who could find the right prenomen and honouring name for such longing!

Most Latin authors have three names—the prenomen, which answers to our Christian name; the nomen, or family name; and the agnomen.