Sons, by comparison, were distinguished by a "praenomen", the first or personal name of a Roman male's typical three names "(tria nomina)". The eldest son was most often given the same "praenomen" as his father, with others given the name of a grandfather or uncle. This tradition casts doubt on the usage of numerical names: the masculine "praenomina" Quintus ("the Fifth"), Sextus ("the Sixth"), and Decimus ("the Tenth") were widely used without reference to birth order, because they were passed on. Thus the semi-legendary Claudia Quinta should have been the fifth daughter of her patrician father from the "gens Claudia", but it is doubtful that four older sisters existed: "Quinta" is probably an archaic feminine "praenomen" that later Latin authors treated as a "cognomen".