confirmation name
Sacramental chosen identity
A confirmation name is a name chosen by a person being confirmed in certain Christian traditions, particularly Catholicism.
The confirmand typically selects a saint's name to serve as a spiritual model and patron: She chose Teresa as her confirmation name.
The name is added to one's baptismal name but rarely used in everyday life.
- confirmandOne awaiting religious affirmation
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- saintCanonized holy person
- patron saintHoly figure guarding devotees
- catholicEncompassing all varieties
Catholic Church · patron · christening · sacrament · bishop · chrism · spiritual · spiritual rebirth · rite · sponsor · namesake · rite of passage · coming of age · anointing · age of discretion · Holy Spirit · laying on of hands · church membership
- sacred riteswedding, funeral, burial, cremation, christening
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, last names
- Confirmationchrism, laying on of hands, candidate, gifts of the spirit, sealing
- name changescourt order, surname change, court filing, court approval, judicial decree
- naming ceremoniesnaming ceremony, naming day, christening, brit milah, bris
confirmation namebirth name
Identity assigned at delivery
given name · baptismal name · maiden name · family name · surname
confirmation namelegal name
Official designation on records
nickname · username · stage name · official name · government name
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