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See also:Appendix:Variations of "name"
For Wiktionary’s list of names, seeAppendix:Names.

English

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*h₁nómn̥

FromMiddle Englishname,nome, fromOld Englishnama,noma, fromProto-West Germanic*namō, fromProto-Germanic*namô, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.

Cognates

Cognate withYolanaame,name,naume(“name”),North FrisianNoom,noome,nööm(“name”),Saterland FrisianNome,Noome(“name”),West Frisiannamme(“name”),Alemannic GermanNaame,namä,noame,nomu,nàmund(“name”),Cimbriannaamo,name,nåm(“name”),Dutchnaam,name(“name”),GermanNahme,Name(“name”),German Low GermanNaam(“name”),LuxembourgishNumm(“name”),Mòchenonu'm(“name”),Vilamoviannoma(“name”),Yiddishנאָמען(nomen,“name”),Danish,Faroese andNorwegian Bokmålnavn(“name”),Icelandicnafn(“name”),Norwegian Nynorsknabn,namn(“name”),Swedishnamn(“name”),Gothic𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉(namō,“name”),Latinnōmen(“name”) (whenceSpanishnombre(“name”)),Russianимя(imja,“name”),Ashkunnām(“name”),Kamkata-virinom,num(“name”),Prasuninom,nëmë(“name”),Waigalinām(“name”),Sanskritनामन्(nā́man,“name”). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European includeFinnishnimi(“name”) andHungariannév(“name”).Doublet ofnomen andnoun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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name (pluralnames)

  1. Anynounalword or phrase which indicates aparticularperson,place,class, orthing.
    Synonyms:proper name;see alsoThesaurus:name
    I've never liked thename my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
    What's yourname?
    Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.
  2. Areputation.
    • c.1603–1604 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iii]:
      Goodname in man and woman, dear my lord
      Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
    • 1902, John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:
      The parish stank of idolatry, abominable rites were practiced in secret, and in all the bounds there was no one had a more evilname for the black traffic than one Alison Sempill, who bode at the Skerburnfoot.
    • 1952,Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons,2 Samuel 8:13:
      And David won aname for himself.
  3. An abusive or insultingepithet.
    Stop calling menames!
  4. Aperson (orlegal person).
    • 1697,Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      They list with women each degeneratename.
    • p.2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards,Putting Psychology in its Place,→ISBN, page 287 [1]
      Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such majornames as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] .
    • 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya,Cases in Strategic Management,→ISBN page 79 [2]:
      Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such bignames as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?
    • 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt,Tourism and Sustainability,→ISBN, page 29 [3]:
      International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such householdnames as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. Anauthority; abehalf.
    Halt in thename of the law!
    • 1881, George Barnett Smith, chapter XVI, inThe Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P.‎[4], volume II, London: Hodder and Stroughton,page541:
      We may be quite sure, therefore, that in some shape, if we, the people of England, tolerate the bloody and sanguinary crimes which are committed in ourname, if they are so committed, and we do not remonstrate and condemn, we shall have no acquittal at that tribunal by which the actions, not of individuals only, but of nations and peoples, are finally judged.
  7. (computing) Anidentifier, generally a uniquestring of characters.
  8. (UK, finance) Aninvestor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimitedliability.
Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Derived terms ofname that are (mostly) not hyponyms
Descendants
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Translations
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word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
reputation—see alsoreputation
abusive or insulting epithet
person or legal person
those of a certain name; a race; a family—see alsorace,‎family
computing: unique identifier
investor in Lloyd's of London
authority—see alsoauthority
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References

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishnamen, fromOld Englishnamian(“to name, mention”) andġenamian(“to name, call, appoint”), fromProto-West Germanic*namōn(“to name”). Cognate withWest Frisianneame(“to name; to mention”). Compare alsoOld Englishnemnan,nemnian(“to name, give a name to a person or thing”).

Verb

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name (third-person singular simple presentnames,present participlenaming,simple past and past participlenamed)

  1. (ditransitive) Togive a name to.
    One visitornamed Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
    • 1904,L. Frank Baum,The Land of Oz:
      I willname the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      A chapnamed Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
  2. (transitive) Tomention,specify.
    Henamed his demands.
    Youname it!
    You have to pot the ball in the pocket you'venamed.
    • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, inVoice of America‎[5], archived fromthe original on7 February 2019:
      The three countries werenamed in a new study from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.
  3. (transitive) Toidentify as relevant or important
    naming the problem
  4. (transitive) To publiclyimplicate by name.
    The painter wasnamed as an accomplice.
  5. (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
    Police are notnaming the suspect as he is a minor.
  6. (transitive) To designate for arole.
    Synonym:nominate
    My neighbor wasnamed to the steering committee.
  7. (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
    • 2013 July 10,John (Speaker of the House of Commons) Bercow,(Please provide the book title or journal name), to MPNigel Dodds:
      I must warn the Right Honourable gentleman, that if he persists in his refusal to comply with my order to withdraw [the words "deliberately deceptive"], I shall be compelled toname him.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Terms derived fromname (verb)
Translations
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to give a name to
to mention, specify
to identify, define, specify
to publicly implicate
to designate for a role
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed fromSpanishñame, substitutingn for the unfamiliar Spanish letterñ.Doublet ofyam.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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name (pluralnames)

  2. Any of several types oftrue yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
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Translations
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yam

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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name

  1. plural ofnaam

Central Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSanskritनामन्(nāman). Cognate withEnglishname.

Noun

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name

  1. name

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germannamo, fromProto-West Germanic*namō, fromProto-Germanic*namô, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥(“name”).

Noun

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name ?

  1. (Tredici Comuni)name

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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name

  1. (dated or formal)singularpastsubjunctive ofnemen

Noun

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name

  1. (archaic)dativesingular ofnaam
  2. obsolete form ofnaam

Anagrams

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Eastern Arrernte

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Noun

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name

  1. grass

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Japanese

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Romanization

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name

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofなめ

Lithuanian

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Noun

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name m

  1. locativesingular ofnamas
  2. vocativesingular ofnamas

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Dutchnamo.

Noun

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nāme m orf

  1. name
  2. fame,reputation
Inflection
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Weak masculine noun
singularplural
nominativenāmenāmen
accusativenāmenāmen
genitivenāmennāmen
dativenāmenāmen
Weak feminine noun
singularplural
nominativenāmenāmen
accusativenāmenāmen
genitivenāme,nāmennāmen
dativenāme,nāmennāmen
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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FromOld Dutch*nāma, fromProto-Germanic*nēmō.

Noun

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nâme f

  1. taking
  2. receiving
Inflection
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Weak feminine noun
singularplural
nominativenâmenâmen
accusativenâmenâmen
genitivenâme,nâmennâmen
dativenâme,nâmennâmen
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Descendants
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  • Dutch:name(mostly in compounds)

Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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  • nome(West Midland, Southern)

Etymology

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FromOld Englishnama, fromProto-West Germanic*namō, fromProto-Germanic*namô, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːm(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ̞ːm(ə)/(West Midland or Southern)

Noun

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name (pluralnames or(mostly early) namen)

  1. name

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld High Germannamo, fromProto-West Germanic*namō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈnamə/

Noun

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nāme m

  1. name
  2. (grammar)noun
    • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer,Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
      Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
      zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
      vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
      gemunzet und geformet stân.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Declension ofname (weak masculine)

Descendants

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromPersianنامه(nâme).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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name f

  1. letter (a document)

Ojibwe

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Algonquian*name·wa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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name anim (pluralnamewag,diminutivenamens)

  1. sturgeon, especiallylake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Potawatomi:namé(“sturgeon”)

References

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nāme

  1. alternative form ofnōme

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Verb

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name

  1. singularoptativeactive ofnamati(“to bend”)

Volapük

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Noun

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name

  1. dativesingular ofnam

Yola

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Noun

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name

  1. alternative form ofnaame
    • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page114, lines6-7:
      wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yername;
      to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise yourname,
    • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page116, lines8-9:
      wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace nanameo' Mulgrave.
      we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in thewordMulgrave.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page114

Zazaki

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Etymology

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FromProto-Iranian*Hnā́ma, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*Hnā́ma, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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name (nam)

  1. name
  2. reputation
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