What does «prenombre» mean in Spanish?
- Also called a given name. It is the name that differentiates someone within his own family. Legally it is acquired from the moment the person is registered in the Civil Registry. For example, Juan, Pedro, Carlos, etc.
- Name that preceded the family name among the Romans. It was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on dies lustricus (lustricus day): the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the birth of a boy. The prenomen was formally conferred a second time when girls married, or when boys assumed the toga virilis upon reaching adulthood.