when did we start saying 'first' name,. instead of'christian'name?

I am surprised it was a thing in the 80s even.


And most people are no longer Catholic.

And your first name and your Christian names were not the same thing.

Your Christian names typically referred to names you were given at church milestones like First Communion or Confirmation.


That is how my Grandmother had 4 names plus her surname.

When other religions were seen as not of the devil Karen!

My name is Tim but my Christian name is Timothy. I thought your Christian name was the long one that you don't like but your parents gave it to you.

I have heard only very old folks when I was a lot younger ask me what my "Christian name" was, and then have to explain to me what they meant. But now, in America, its "first name" .

Moat people do not have a Christian name.

It's technically suppoesed to be forename, then surname.

I believe the definition found on Google.
The term "Christian name" was dropped because modern societies became more secular and culturally diverse. Calling a first name a "Christian name" no longer fits people of other faiths or no faith. Official documents and everyday speech now use neutral terms like "first name" or "given name".

Not everyone is Christian.

It would only be a Christian name if you received it via the Christian sacrament of baptism. It's not a matter of upsetting people, simply accuracy.

And thank goodness we use "first name" as "Christian name" is wildly deceptive.