• Mandaean names can include both birth names (i.e., secular names) and baptismal names (i.e., religious names; also called maṣbuta names or zodiacal names)...
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    characters in this article correctly. Mandaeans (Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ) (Arabic: المندائيون al-Mandāʾiyyūn), also known as Mandaean Sabians (الصابئة المندائيون al-Ṣābiʾa...
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  • A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required...
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    identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity...
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    Mandaeism (redirect from Mandaeanism)
    greatest and final prophet.: 45  The Mandaeans speak an Eastern Aramaic language known as Mandaic. The name 'Mandaean' comes from the Aramaic manda, meaning...
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    A courtesy name (Chinese: 字; pinyin: zì; lit. 'character'), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing...
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  • malwasha, is a name given by a priest, as opposed to a legal name.: 81  Mandaeans have matronymic Mandaean names which are used in Mandaean rituals. A malwasha...
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    ring name is a type of stage name or nickname used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered...
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    A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well...
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    family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to...
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    biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations, or...
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  • A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام‌ خانوادگی). Since the Muslim...
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  • Patronymic (redirect from Patronymic name)
    stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9. "Another Name Question [Archive] – Straight Dope...
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  • family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout the Arab and Muslim worlds. The ism (اسم) is the given name, first name, or...
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    A slave name is the personal name given by others to an enslaved person, or a name inherited from enslaved ancestors. In Rome, slaves were given a single...
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    Pseudonym (redirect from Fictitious name)
    Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos) 'lit. falsely named') or alias (/ˈeɪli.əs/) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which...
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  • A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person...
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  • Misnomer (redirect from Non Indicative Name)
    A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied. Misnomers often arise because something was named long before its correct nature was known...
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  • Epithet (redirect from Use name)
    term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally...
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  • also hypocoristic), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel...
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  • Mandaean cosmology is the Gnostic conception of the universe in the religion of Mandaeism. Mandaean cosmology is strongly influenced by ancient near eastern...
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  • Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the third wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is a very popular name among Muslim women. Ayesha...
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    A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or...
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    cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. A middle name is often abbreviated...
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    be chosen as a Chinese name, a Hong Kong name, a Japanese name, a Korean name, a Malaysian Chinese name, or a Vietnamese name, but they would be spelled...
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    Korean names are names that place their origin in, or are used in, Korea. A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a...
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    A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line...
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  • Mononym (redirect from One-name entity)
    person may select a single name from their polynym or adopt a mononym as a chosen name, pen name, stage name, or regnal name. A popular nickname may effectively...
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  • Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed...
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    (pen name). In radio, the term "radio name" or "air name" is used.[citation needed] Some performers eventually choose to adopt their stage name as a legal...
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