Christian name and Patronymic

Christian name

Christian name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
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Synonyms for Christian name

Patronymic and Christian name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patronymic" instead a noun phrase "Christian name".

Patronymic

Patronymic noun - A family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor).
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Synonyms for Patronymic

Christian name and patronymic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Christian name" instead a noun "Patronymic".
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