'Praenomina' definitions:

Definition of 'Praenomina'

From: 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]