christen Definition

christen
verb christened, christening

1. To give a person, especially a baby, a name as part of the religious ceremony of receiving them into the Christian Church. Compare baptize.
2. To give a name or nickname to someone.

Thesaurus: call, name, designate, title, term, dub, style.
3. humorous, colloq
To use something for the first time
Example: Shall we christen the new wine glasses?

Derivative: christening
noun

The ceremony of baptism.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cristnian, from cristen Christian.