"Baptismal name" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... received a baptismal name, which was Kitty; this is Catharine, or Kate, or Hispanice Catalina. It was a good name, as it recalled her original name of pussy. And, by the way, she had also an ancient and honorable surname, viz., De Erauso, which is to this ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey
... Patrick was not the baptismal name of the saint; it was given him by St. Celestine[118] as indicative of rank, or it may be with some prophetic intimation of his future greatness. He was baptized by the no less significant appellation of Succat—"brave ...
— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack
... whose baptismal name was John Rowlands, was born of poor parents in Wales, in 1840. Being left an orphan at the age of three, he was sent to the poorhouse in his native place. There he remained for ten years, and then shipped ...
— Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life • Orison Swett Marden
... replied I, addressing my kind host by his baptismal name, "it is much easier to listen to ...
— The Wild Huntress - Love in the Wilderness • Mayne Reid
... luck," said he, and Duluth it was. She changed the baptismal name Ella to Nellie. At home in Blakeville she had ...
— What's-His-Name • George Barr McCutcheon
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