also: わらべな
noun
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
江戸時代、武士の子は元服前に童名で呼ばれた。
In the Edo period, samurai children were called by their childhood names before their coming-of-age ceremony.
Synonym; 幼名 is more common in modern historical descriptions.
Compound of 童 (わらわ/わらべ, 'child') and 名 (な, 'name'). The reading わらわな is older; わらべな is a later variant.