"[1] Until the umbilical cord fell off, typically on the seventh day, the baby was regarded as "more like a plant than an animal," as Plutarch expresses it.
[5] Prior to the ceremony infants were not considered part of the household, even if their father had raised them up during a tollere liberum.
[11] Often when a boy was commemorated despite dying before their name giving they are recorded only with their family nomen and possibly a cognomen.
[12] In the past some historians such as Theodor Mommsen believed that all male infants who died before their naming day were given a pseudopreanomen "Pupus" (a pet name meaning "little boy") in place of an actual praenomen on inscriptions, but it has later been proven that Pupus was a genuine praenomen (although incredibly rare).
[13] The day may also have been when the child received the bulla, the protective amulet that was put aside when a boy passed into adulthood.