Christianity and the new testament influenced the given names of people in the first world so much so that given name = “Christian” name. How were names in these areas prior to Christianity’s adoption? Are there any studies? Thank you!
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They used to be exactly the same as they were after: People were known by some name, maybe a middle name, and sometimes also a clan name, profession, location, patronym, or other “surname”. Depending on the culture epithet may also have been used.
As pointed out “Christian name” doesn’t mean “all given names”, it’s the name given to a person as they became a Christian.
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