Etimology
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.
noun
name (plural names)
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
Reputation.
An abusive or insulting epithet.
A person (or legal person).
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
Authority; behalf.
(computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
(UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
Examples
Synonyms: proper name; see also Thesaurus:name
That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.
[…] and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.
So good a man as this must surely have a name.
Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
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.
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
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.
And David won a name for himself.
Stop calling me names!
They list with women each degenerate name.
Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] .
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?
International non-governmental organisations , including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .
The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.
Halt in the name of the law!
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.
Related words
hyponyms
baptismal name
big name
binomial name
birth name
botanical name
byname
Christian name
codename
code name
common name
confirmation name
deadname
domain name
facet name
family name
filename
file name
first name
forename
given name
honor name
household name
last name
maiden name
middle name
NATO reporting name
nickname
pen name
personal name
prename
scientific name
skin name
stage name
surname
systematic name
taxonomic name
to-name
trade name
true name
username
vernacular name
zoological name
Etimology
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
name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)
(ditransitive) To give a name to.
(transitive) To mention, specify.
(transitive) To identify as relevant or important
(transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
(transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
(transitive) To designate for a role.
(transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
Examples
One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.Audio
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I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
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.
He named his demands.
You name it!
You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
The three countries were named in a new study from the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.
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naming the problem
The painter was named as an accomplice.
Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
Synonym: nominate
My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
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.
Related words
synonyms
(give a name to): bename, designate, dub; see also Thesaurus:denominate
(specify): nominate; see also Thesaurus:specify
Etimology
Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.
noun
name (plural names)
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Related words
synonyms
cush-cush
greater yam