name
name - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: nām, IPA: /neɪm/
Noun
name (plural names)
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- Synonyms: proper name; see also name
- I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
- What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.
- Reputation.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Stop calling me names!
- A person (or legal person).
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- Authority; behalf.
- Halt in the name of the law!
- (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
Hyponyms
- big name
- binomial name
- birth name
- botanical name
- byname
- Christian name
- code name
- codename
- common name
- confirmation name
- deadname
- domain name
- facet name
- family name
- filename
- file name
- first name
- forename
- given name
- household name
- last name
- maiden name
- middle name
- nickname
- pen name
- personal name
- prename
- scientific name
- stage name
- surname
- systematic name
- to-name
- trade name
- true name
- username
- zoological name
Derived terms
Derived terms of name that are not hyponyms
- a God's name
- a' God's name
- ancestral name
- art name
- assumed name
- bad name
- baptismal name
- big-name
- binary name
- binominal name
- boy's name
- brand-name
- brand name
- by-name
- by name
- by the name of
- call-by-name
- calling name
- call out of one's name
- call outta one's name
- clear someone's name
- coined name
- courtesy name
- cover name
- danger is one's middle name
- dead-name
- dead name
- death-name
- domain name server
- domain name service
- era name
- folk name
- font name
- friendly name
- front name
- full name
- generic name
- genus name
- girl's name
- give a bad name
- go by the name of
- golden falcon name
- Golden Horus name
- gold name
- good name
- government name
- grex name
- have one's name in the Gazette
- have one's name on
- have one's name taken
- have one's name written all over
- Horus name
- Horus of Gold name
- ill name
- impure name
- in God's name
- in heaven's name
- in name
- international nonproprietary name
- in the name of
- in the name of all that is holy
- in the name of heaven
- is my middle name
- it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right
- IUPAC name
- Latin name
- lead name
- legal name
- letters after one's name
- little name
- long file name
- make a name for oneself
- maker's name
- man with no name
- married name
- my name is
- name-based type system
- name-bearing type
- name-calling
- name-drop
- name-dropper
- name-dropping
- name-sake
- name binding
- name brand
- name card
- name change
- name day
- name drop
- name dropper
- name dropping
- name for
- name is mud
- name names
- name of the game
- name one's poison
- nameplate
- name reaction
- namesake
- name server
- name sign
- namespace
- name the day
- name to conjure with
- name vase
- nameword
- NATO reporting name
- Nebty name
- new-name
- new name
- no-name
- occupational name
- on a first-name basis
- one's name is mud
- on first-name terms
- pen-name
- pet name
- phonetic name
- phrase name
- place-name
- place name
- porn star name
- posthumous name
- praise name
- preoccupied name
- pure name
- purser's name
- put a name to
- put one's name in the hat
- radicofunctional name
- regnal name
- ring name
- run one's name
- screen name
- second name
- self-name
- self name
- serekh name
- Seth name
- short file name
- sign name
- slave name
- smush name
- species name
- specific name
- street name
- subspecific name
- Sunday name
- systematic element name
- take someone's name in vain
- tee-name
- temple name
- ternary name
- throne name
- throw one's name in the hat
- to name a few
- to one's name
- toss one's name in the hat
- trivial name
- two-name paper
- Two Ladies name
- user name
- virtue name
- wallet name
- what is her name
- what is his name
- what is your name
- what's-his-name
- what's-its-name
- what's in a name
- what's your name
- why in God's name
- word name
- your good name
Related terms
Descendants
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Verb
name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)
- (ditransitive) To give a name to.
- One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
- (transitive) To mention, specify.
- He named his demands.
- You name it!
- You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
- (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
- naming the problem
- (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
- The painter was named as an accomplice.
- (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
- Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
- (transitive) To designate for a role.
- Synonym: nominate
- My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
- (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from name (verb)
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Alternative forms
Noun
name (plural names)
Synonyms
Translations
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Anagrams
name - Afrikaans
Noun
name
- plural of naam
name - Central Malay
Noun
name
name - Cimbrian
Noun
name ?
- (Tredici Comuni) name
name - Dutch
Verb
name
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of nemen
Noun
name
- (archaic) Dative singular form of naam
Anagrams
name - Eastern Arrernte
Noun
name
name - Japanese
Romanization
name
name - Lithuanian
Noun
name m
name - Middle Dutch
Noun
nāme m or f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
nâme f
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
Descendants
- Dutch: name (mostly in compounds)
name - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnaːm(ə)/
Noun
Related terms
Descendants
name - Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɑːˈmɛ/
Noun
name f
- letter (a document)
name - Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀦𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- नमे (Devanagari script)
- নমে (Bengali script)
- නමෙ (Sinhalese script)
- နမေ or ၼမေ (Burmese script)
- นเม or นะเม (Thai script)
- ᨶᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ນເມ or ນະເມ (Lao script)
- នមេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄚𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)
Verb
name
- singular optative active of namati (“to bend”)
name - Volapük
Noun
name
- dative singular of nam
name - Yola
Noun
name
- Alternative form of naame
name - Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɔːme/
Noun
name (nam)