confirmation names
Catholic sacrament choices
A confirmation name is a saint's name chosen by a Catholic (or sometimes Anglican) at confirmation, representing a spiritual patron or model.
The tradition allows the confirmand to adopt a new identity marker for their faith journey: She chose Catherine as her confirmation name after Catherine of Siena.
The name is sometimes used as an additional middle name.
- baptismalOf the initiation rite
- chosen nameSelf-selected personal identifier
- catholicEncompassing all varieties
- Catholic traditionRome's transmitted faith practices
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
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- namingnomenclature, nicknames, naming conventions, aliases, monikers
- namessurnames, first name, last name, given name, nicknames
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Original legal designations
given names · baptismal names · legal names · birth certificates · maiden names
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Informal substitute names
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