• 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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