naming ceremony
Baby dedication event
A naming ceremony is a ritual marking the formal bestowal of a name on a person, typically a newborn.
Some are religious—christenings, Hindu namakaran, Islamic aqiqah—while others are secular alternatives for families who want to celebrate a birth without religious elements.
The ceremony often includes readings, the announcement of the name, and designation of godparents or guardians.
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- christeningCeremony naming a child
- religious riteCeremonial act of worship
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- ancestral rootsFamily history and origins
birth celebration · bris · dedication · rite of passage · initiation · Jewish customs · mohel · cultural heritage · family tradition · identity · circumcision · anointing · infant · font · congregation · community gathering · gown · welcome
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- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- Occasionswedding, birthday, anniversary, graduation, funeral
- Indian cultureHinduism, Diwali, sari, Holi, saree
- baby bookfirst steps, first words, first smile, first tooth, birth weight
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Service honoring the dead
memorial service · death rite · wake · last rites · cremation ceremony
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Posthumous erasure from records
anonymization · excommunication · disownment · defamation · defacement
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