Given name and Praenomen

Given name

Given name noun - A name that is placed before one's family name.
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Praenomen and given name are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Praenomen" instead a noun phrase "Given name".

Praenomen

Praenomen noun - The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome.
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Given name and praenomen are semantically related. You can use "Given name" instead a noun "Praenomen".

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  • To give just one example, the famous Julius Caesar's praenomen (given name, more or less) was Gaius, which he shared with his father and grandfather.
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