Christian name

Example Sentences

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Mrs. Openshaw’s Christian-name was Alice, and her first husband had been her own cousin. 

From A House to Let by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

This success implied no high degree of scholarship, for the benefice was only open to persons of the surname of McGregor, and the Christian-name of Saunders.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

They were her dearest friends; they called her by her Christian-name; they flattered her weaknesses, and encouraged her worst traits; not, we may charitably believe, with the full consciousness of what they were doing.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

My husband wanted to give me a pleasant surprise, for the name of this estate is identical with my Christian-name.

From Dame Care by Overbeck, Bertha

They had been on Christian-name terms since they were children.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas