Praenomen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Praenomen \Pr[ae]*no"men\, n.; pl. {Pr[ae]nomina}. [L., fr. prae
     before + nomen name.] (Rom. Antiq.)
     The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same
     family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name,
     as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  praenomen
       n : the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
       [also: {praenomina} (pl)]