christen name

A form of christian name — A first name formally given to a child at a Christian baptism.

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Meanings

nounchristen name (plural christen names)

plural christen names

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of Christian name.

    Mrs. Dashwood had never been so much pleased with any young women in her life, as she was with them; had given each of them a needle-book, made by some emigrant; called Lucy by her christen name; and did not know whether she should ever be able to part with them.

    1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 277–278
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