English - Etymology

From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma (“name; noun; the particular word used to denote any object of thought not considered in a purely individual character; title; reputation; the reputation of some character or attribute; the mere appellation in contrast or opposition to the actual person or thing”), from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Scots name, naim, nem (“name”), North Frisian Neem, Naam, nööm, noome (“name”), Saterland Frisian Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Dutch naam (“name”), Low German Name (“name”), German Name (“name”), Danish navn (“name”), Swedish namn (“name”), Icelandic nafn (“name”), Latin nōmen (“name”). See also neven.

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɪm/
• Rhymes: -eɪm

English - Noun

Wikipedia

name (plural names)

1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
   • Bible, Genesis ii. 19

     Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

   • Shakespeare

     That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.

   • 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz:

     So good a man as this must surely have a name.

   I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.

2. Reputation.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, III-iii:

     Good name in man and woman, dear my lord / Is the immediate jewel of their souls.[1]

   • 1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:

     And David won a name for himself.[2]

3. A person (or legal person).
   • Dryden

     They list with women each degenerate name.

   • p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [3]:

     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 0074620975 page 79 [4]:

     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 0203891058, page 29 [5]:

     International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .

4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
   • Macaulay

     The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.

5. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
6. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

Synonyms

• proper name
• See also Wikisaurus:name

Derived terms

Translations

English - Verb

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

1. (transitive) To give a name to.
   • 1904: L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz — I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
2. (transitive) To mention, specify.

   He named his demands.

   You name it!

3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important

   naming the problem

4. (transitive) To publicly implicate.

   The painter was named as an accomplice.

5. (transitive) To designate for a role.

   My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

Derived terms

Translations

English - Anagrams

• Amen, amen, mane, mean, MENA, NEMA, NMEA

Afrikaans - Noun

name

1. plural form of naam

Dutch - Verb

name

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of nemen

Dutch - Anagrams

• amen, mane

Japanese - Romanization

name

1. rōmaji reading of なめ

Kurdish - Etymology

Borrowing from Persian نامه (name)

Kurdish - Noun

name f

1. letter (a document)

Lithuanian - Noun

name m

1. locative singular of namas
2. vocative singular of namas

Middle English - Etymology

From Old English nama.

Middle English - Noun

name (plural names)

1. name

Descendants

• English: name
• Scots: name, naim, nem, nome

Volapük - Noun

name

1. dative singular of nam

Zazaki - Etymology

Compare Middle Persian

Zazaki - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːme/

Zazaki - Noun

name

1. name
2. reputation

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