童名わらわな

noun

childhood name

Historical term for the name used before a coming-of-age ceremony; synonymous with 幼名 (ようみょう).

See also: 幼名

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、武ぶ士しの子こは元げん服ぷく前まえに童わらわ名なで呼よばれた。

  In the Edo period, samurai children were called by their childhood names before their coming-of-age ceremony.