name

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English

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Etymology 1

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PIE word
*h₁nómn̥

From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Noome, West Frisian namme, Dutch naam, German Name, Danish navn, Swedish namn, Latin nōmen (whence Spanish nombre), Russian имя (imja), Sanskrit नामन् (nāman). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi and Hungarian név. Doublet of nomen and noun.

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Noun

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name (plural names)

  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
    Synonyms: proper name; see also Thesaurus: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.
  2. Reputation.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
      Good name 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 evil name 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 a name for himself.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
    Stop calling me names!
  4. A person (or legal person).
    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC:
      They list with women each degenerate name.
    • 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 major names 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 big names 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 household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and [] .
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. Authority; behalf.
    Halt in the name of the law!
    • 1881, George Barnett Smith, chapter XVI, in The Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P.[4], volume II, London: Hodder and Stroughton, page 541:
      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 our name, 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) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  8. (UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
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Derived terms of name that are not hyponyms
Descendants
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  • Sranan Tongo: nen
  • Japanese: ネーム (nēmu)
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English namen, from Old English namian (to name, mention) and ġenamian (to name, call, appoint), from Proto-West Germanic *namōn (to name). Compare also Old English nemnan, nemnian (to name, give a name to a person or thing).

Verb

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name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)

  1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
    One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
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    • 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz:
      I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      A chap named 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) To mention, specify.
    He named his demands.
    You name it!
    You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
    • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America[5], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
      The three countries were named in a new study from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.
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  3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
    naming the problem
  4. (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
    The painter was named as an accomplice.
  5. (transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
    Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
  6. (transitive) To designate for a role.
    Synonym: nominate
    My neighbor was named 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 MP Nigel 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 to name him.
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.

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Noun

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name (plural names)

  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
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Afrikaans

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Noun

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name

  1. plural of naam

Central Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit नामन् (nāman). Cognate with English name.

Noun

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name

  1. name

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German name, from Old High German namo.

Noun

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name ?

  1. (Tredici Comuni) name

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Dutch

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Verb

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name

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of nemen

Noun

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name

  1. (archaic) dative singular of naam

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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. locative singular of namas
  2. vocative singular of namas

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch namo.

Noun

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nāme m or f

  1. name
  2. fame, reputation
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Etymology 2

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From Old Dutch *nāma, from Proto-Germanic *nēmō.

Noun

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nâme f

  1. taking
  2. receiving
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Descendants
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  • Dutch: name (mostly in compounds)

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

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Noun

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name (plural names or namen)

  1. name
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Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈnamə/

Noun

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name 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.
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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian نامه (nâme).

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Noun

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name f

  1. letter (a document)

Pali

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Verb

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name

  1. singular optative active of namati (to bend)

Volapük

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Noun

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name

  1. dative singular of nam

Yola

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Noun

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name

  1. Alternative form of naame
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 6-7:
      wi vengem o' core t'gie oure zense o' ye gradès whilke be ee-dighte wi yer name;
      to pour forth from the strength of our hearts, our sense of the qualities which characterise your name,
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:
      wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.
      we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.

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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, published 1867, page 114

Zazaki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

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Noun

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name (nam)

  1. name
  2. reputation