name

See also: Appendix:Variations of "name"

English

WOTD – 6 May 2006

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: nām, IPA^(key): /neɪm/

• Audio (US); [nẽːm]:

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• Audio (General Australian); [nɛɪ̯m]:

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

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

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

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

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:19:

     […] and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.

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

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

   • 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:

     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.

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.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter VII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

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

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.

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
• file name
• filename
• 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
• valid name
• vernacular name
• 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
• baby name
• bad name
• baptismal name
• big-name
• binary name
• binominal name
• boy's name
• brand name
• brand-name
• bullet with someone's name on it
• by-name
• by name
• by the name of
• call-by-name
• calling name
• call out of one's name
• call outta one's name
• call someone every name in the book
• caressing 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
• give name to
• 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 all but 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
• in the name of the law
• 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 binding
• nameboard, name board
• name brand
• name-caller
• name-calling
• name card
• name change
• name day
• name-drop
• name drop
• name-dropper
• name dropper
• name-dropping
• name dropping
• name for
• name is mud
• name-letter effect
• name names
• name of the game
• name one's poison
• nameplate, name plate
• name reaction
• namesake
• name-sake
• 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
• pass-by-name
• 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
• spell one's name
• spell someone's name
• street name
• subspecific name
• Sunday name
• systematic element name
• take someone's name in vain
• tee-name
• temple name
• ternary name
• three-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 Ladies name
• two-name paper
• user name
• virtue name
• wallet name
• what is her name
• what is his name
• what is your name
• what's-his-name
• what's in a name
• what's-its-name
• what's your name
• why in God's name
• word name
• your good name

 

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: nen
• → Japanese: ネーム (nēmu)

Translations

word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing

• Abkhaz: ахьʒ (axʲʒ)
• Adyghe: цӏэ (cʼɛ)
• Afar: migaq
• Afrikaans: naam (af)
• Aghul: тур (tur)
• Ainu: レ (re)
• Akan: edin
• Aklanon: ngaean
• Albanian: emër (sq) m
• American Sign Language: H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh Contact Contact
• Amharic: ስም (səm)
• Andi: цӏцӏер (ccʼer)
• Arabic: اِسْم (ar) m (ism), أَسْمَاء m pl (ʔasmāʔ)

  Cypriot Arabic: ism m

  Egyptian Arabic: اسم m (esm)

  Hijazi Arabic: اسم m (isim)

  Juba Arabic: isim

  Moroccan Arabic: اسمية f (smiyya), اسم m (sem)

  Tunisian Arabic: اِسْمْ m (ʔism)

• Aragonese: nome (an), nombre (an) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܐ m (šəmā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שְׁמָא m (šəmā)

• Archi: цӏор (cʼor)
• Argobba: ስም (səm)
• Armenian: անուն (hy) (anun)
• Aromanian: numã f, numi n
• Ashkun: nām
• Assamese: নাম (nam)
• Asturian: nome (ast) m, ñome m
• Atong (India): bimung
• Avar: цӏар (cʼar)
• Azerbaijani: ad (az), isim (az)
• Baluchi: نام (nám)
• Bashkir: исем (isem), ат (at)
• Basque: izen
• Beja: sim
• Belarusian: імя́ n (imjá), (of a place, class, etc.) назо́ў m (nazóŭ), на́зва f (názva)
• Bengali: নাম (bn) (nam)
• Bhojpuri: नांव (nānv)
• Bikol Central: ngaran (bcl), pangaran (bcl)
• Blin: suuŋ
• Borôro: ije
• Breton: ano (br) m, anv (br) m
• Budukh: тур (tur)
• Buginese: aseng
• Bulgarian: и́ме (bg) n (íme), назва́ние (bg) n (nazvánie), наименова́ние (bg) n (naimenovánie)
• Burmese: အမည် (my) (a.many), နာမည် (my) (namany)
• Buryat: нэрэ (nere)
• Carpathian Rusyn: имня́ n (ymnjá), ме́но n (méno), име́но n (yméno) (poetic)
• Catalan: nom (ca) m
• Cebuano: ngalan, pangalan
• Central Sierra Miwok: ˀoja·še-
• Chechen: цӏе (cʼe)
• Chepang: मेङ् (meng)
• Chichewa: dzina
• Chickasaw: holhchifo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 名 (meng^4-2), 名字 (ming⁴ zi⁶), 名稱 / 名称 (ming⁴ cing¹)

  Dungan: минзы (minzɨ)

  Eastern Min: 名 (miàng), 名字 (miàng-cê)

  Gan: 名字 ('miang⁴ ci⁵)

  Hakka: 名仔 (miàng-é), 名字 (miàng-sṳ) (formal)

  Hokkien: 名 (zh-min-nan) (miâ), 名字 (zh-min-nan) (miâ-jī, miâ-lī), 名稱 / 名称 (zh-min-nan) (miâ-chheng) (thing or organisation)

  Mandarin: 名 (zh) (míng), 名字 (zh) (míngzi), 名稱 / 名称 (zh) (míngchēng) (thing or organisation)

  Northern Min: 名 (miâng), 名字 (miâng-cī)

  Wu: 名, 名字

• Chiricahua: -́zhii
• Chukchi: нынны (nynny)
• Chuukese: it
• Chuvash: ят (jat)
• Coptic: ⲣⲁⲛ (ran)
• Cornish: hanow m
• Corsican: nomu (co) m
• Crimean Tatar: ad, isim
• Czech: jméno (cs) n, název (cs) m
• Dalmatian: naun m, naum m
• Danish: navn (da) n
• Dhivehi: ނަން (nan̊)
• Dolgan: аат
• Dutch: naam (nl) m
• Dzongkha: མིང (ming)
• Eastern Khanty: нӓм (näm)
• Eastern Mari: лӱм (lüm)
• Egyptian: (rn)
• Elfdalian: nammen n
• Erzya: лем (ľem)
• Eshtehardi: نومَ (nōma)
• Esperanto: nomo (eo)
• Estonian: nimi (et)
• Even: гэрбэ (gərʙə)
• Evenki: гэрби (gərbi)
• Extremaduran: nombri
• Farefare: yʋ'ʋrɛ
• Faroese: navn (fo) n
• Fataluku: nee
• Finnish: nimi (fi) (especially a person), nimitys (fi) (object)
• French: nom (fr) m

  Middle French: nom m

  Old French: nom m

• Friulian: non
• Galician: nome (gl) m
• Garo: বিমুং (bimuŋ)
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli), სახელწოდება (saxelc̣odeba), დასახელება (dasaxeleba)
• German: Name (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 n (namō)
• Greek: όνομα (el) n (ónoma)

  Ancient: ὄνομα n (ónoma)

• Guaraní: téra
• Gujarati: નામ (gu) m (nām)
• Haitian Creole: non
• Hausa: suna (ha)
• Hawaiian: inoa
• Hebrew: שֵׁם (he) m (shem)
• Higaonon: ngadan
• Hiligaynon: ngalan
• Hindi: नाम (hi) m (nām), इस्म (hi) m (ism) (rare or Muslim context)
• Hittite: 𒆷𒀀𒈠𒀭 n (lāman)
• Hungarian: név (hu)
• Ibanag: ngagan
• Icelandic: nafn (is) n
• Ido: nomo (io)
• Ifè: ɛ́kɔ
• Igala: ódú
• Igbo: ahà (ig)
• Ilocano: nagan
• Indonesian: nama (id)
• Ingrian: nimi, imi
• Ingush: цӏи (cʼi)
• Interlingua: nomine
• Iranun: ngaran
• Irish: ainm (ga) m

  Old Irish: ainmm n

  Primitive Irish: ᚐᚅᚋ n (anm)

• Isan: ซื่อ
• Isnag: ngaxan
• Istriot: non, nom
• Istro-Romanian: nome
• Italian: nome (it) m
• Japanese: 名前 (ja) (なまえ, namae), 名 (ja) (な, na), (honorific) お名前 (ja) (おなまえ, o-namae), (honorific) ご芳名 (ja) (ごほうめい, go-hōmei), 名称 (ja) (めいしょう, meishō) (thing or organisation)
• Javanese: aran, jeneng (jv)
• Jeju: 일흠 (ilheum)
• Kabardian: цӏэ (kbd) (cʼɛ)
• Kalasha: نوم (Latin: nom)
• Kalmyk: нерн (nern)
• Kamkata-viri: nom
• Kannada: ಹೆಸರು (kn) (hesaru)
• Kapampangan: lagyu, lagiu
• Karachay-Balkar: ат (at)
• Karakhanid: ااتْ (āt)
• Karelian: nimi
• Kashmiri: ناو (nāv)
• Kashubian: miono n
• Kazakh: есім (esım), ат (kk) (at), аты-жөні (aty-jönı)
• Khalaj: ât
• Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmŭəh), នាម (km) (niəm)
• Kikai: 名 (なー, nā)
• Kikuyu: rĩĩtwa class 5, rĩtwa class 5
• Komi-Permyak: ним (ńim)
• Komi-Zyrian: ним (ńim)
• Korean: 이름 (ko) (ireum), 성함(姓銜) (ko) (seongham) (honorific), 명칭(名稱) (ko) (myeongching) (thing or organisation)
• Kunigami: 名 (なー, nā)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناو (ckb) (naw)

  Northern Kurdish: nav (ku) m, isim (ku), ism (ku)

• Kyrgyz: ат (ky) (at), ысым (ky) (ısım)
• Ladin: inom, inuem
• Ladino: nombre m
• Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄), ນາມ (nām)
• Latgalian: vuords m
• Latin: nōmen (la) n
• Latvian: vārds (lv) m
• Lezgi: тӏвар (ṭvar)
• Ligurian: nómme m, nomme
• Lithuanian: vardas (lt) m
• Lombard: nomm (lmo)
• Lü: ᦋᦹᧈ (tsue¹)
• Lucumí: oruko
• Luganda: erinnya
• Luhya: lisina
• Lushootseed: sdaʔ
• Luxembourgish: Numm
• Maasai: enkarna f
• Macedonian: име (mk) n (ime), назив m (naziv)
• Maguindanao: ngala
• Makasae: nai
• Makasar: areng
• Malay: nama (ms) n
• Malayalam: പേര് (ml) (pērŭ), നാമം (ml) (nāmaṁ)
• Maltese: isem m
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠ (gebu)
• Mansaka: aran
• Manx: ennym m
• Maori: ingoa (mi)
• Maranao: ngaran
• Marathi: नाव (nāv)
• Mauritian Creole: non
• Middle English: name
• Middle Korean: 일홈〮 (ìlhwóm)
• Miyako: 名 (なー, nā)
• Mizo: hming
• Mòcheno: nu'm m
• Moksha: лем (ľem)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нэр (mn) (ner)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (ner-e)

• Mpade: shimu
• Mwani: zina
• Nanai: гэрбу (gerbu)
• Navajo: -́zhiʼ, yízhí
• Naxi: miq
• Neapolitan: nomme
• Nepali: नाम (ne) (nām)
• Ngarrindjeri: mitji
• Ngazidja Comorian: dzina class 5/6
• Nivkh: ӄʼа (qʼa)
• North Frisian: (Mooring) noome m; (Föhr-Amrum) nööm m
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 名 (なー, nā, なみん, namin)
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} нам (nam)
• Northern Sami: namma
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: navn (no) n

  Nynorsk: namn n

• Occitan: nom (oc) m
• Odia: ନାମ (or) (nāma)
• Ojibwe: wiinzowin
• Okinawan: 名 (なー, nā)
• Okinoerabu: 名 (なー, nā)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: имѧ n (imę)

  Glagolitic: ⰹⰿⱔ n (imę)

• Old East Slavic: имѧ n (imę)
• Old English: nama m
• Old French: num m
• Old Javanese: ngaran
• Old Persian: [script needed] (nāman)
• Old Tupi: era
• Olukumi: órúkọ
• Oromo: maqaa (om)
• Ossetian: ном (nom)
• Ottoman Turkish: آد (ad), اسم (ism)
• Paiwan: ngadan
• Pali: nāma n
• Pangasinan: ngaran
• Pannonian Rusyn: мено n (meno)
• Papiamentu: nòmber
• Pashto: نوم (ps) (nūm), اسم (ps) m (esm)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: نَام (nām), اِسْم (ism)

  Iranian Persian: نام (fa) (nâm), اِسْم (esm)

• Piedmontese: nòm m
• Pipil: -tukay, -tucay
• Pitjantjatjara: ini
• Plains Apache: -zhííh
• Polish: imię (pl) n (for people or animals), nazwa (pl) f (for objects)
• Portuguese: nome (pt) m
• Prasuni: nom
• Punjabi: ਨਾਂ m (nā̃)
• Quechua: suti (qu), huti
• Rohingya: nam
• Romagnol: nóm m
• Romani: nav m
• Romanian: nume (ro) n
• Romansch: num m, nom m
• Russian: и́мя (ru) n (ímja), (of a place, class, etc.) назва́ние (ru) n (nazvánije), наименова́ние (ru) n (naimenovánije)
• Saho: migac
• Samoan: igoa
• Sanskrit: नामन् (sa) n (nā́man)
• Sardinian: nomene, nomini, numen, numene
• Saterland Frisian: Noome
• Scots: name
• Scottish Gaelic: ainm m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: и̏ме n, на́зив m

  Roman: ȉme (sh) n, náziv (sh) m

• Shan: ၸိုဝ်ႈ (shn) (tsūe)
• Sherpa: མིང (ming)
• Sicilian: nomu (scn) m
• Sidamo: suʼma
• Silesian: miano n
• Sindhi: نالو (sd) (nālō)
• Sinhalese: නම (nama)
• Skolt Sami: nõmm
• Slovak: meno (sk) n, názov (sk) m
• Slovene: ime (sl) n, naziv m
• Somali: magac
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mě n

  Upper Sorbian: mjeno (hsb) n, imje n, mje n

• Sotho: lebitso (st)
• Southern Amami Ōshima: 名 (なー, nā)
• Southern Sami: nomme
• Spanish: nombre (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: nen
• Sundanese: jenengan, nami
• Swahili: jina (sw) sg, majina (sw) pl
• Swedish: namn (sv) n
• Tabaru: ronga
• Tabasaran: ччвур (č̄vur)
• Tagalog: ngalan (tl), pangalan (tl)
• Tahitian: iʻoa
• Tajik: ном (tg) (nom), исм (tg) (ism)
• Tamil: பெயர் (ta) (peyar)
• Tarifit: isem m
• Tatar: исем (tt) (isem), ат (tt) (at)
• Tausug: ngan
• Telugu: పేరు (te) (pēru), నామము (te) (nāmamu)
• Ternate: ronga
• Tetum: naran
• Thai: ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ), นาม (th) (naam)
• Tibetan: མིང (ming), མཚན (mtshan) (honorific)
• Tidore: ronga
• Tigrinya: ስም (səm)
• Tocharian A: ñom
• Tocharian B: ñem
• Tok Pisin: nem (tpi)
• Tokunoshima: 名 (なー, nā)
• Tongan: hingoa
• Tumbuka: zina
• Turkish: ad (tr), isim (tr)
• Turkmen: at (tk)
• Tuvaluan: igoa
• Tzotzil: biil
• Udi: цӏи (c̣i)
• Udmurt: ним (ńim)
• Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎 (šm)
• Ukrainian: ім'я́ (uk) n (imʺjá), (of a place, class, etc.) на́зва (uk) f (názva), найменува́ння n (najmenuvánnja)
• Umbrian: 𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌌 (numem), 𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄 (nome)
• Urdu: نام (ur) m (nām), اِسْم (ur) m (ism)
• Uyghur: ئات (ug) (at), ئىسىم (ug) (isim)
• Uzbek: ism (uz), nom (uz), ot (uz)
• Venetan: nome
• Vietnamese: tên (vi)
• Volapük: nem (vo)
• Votic: nimi
• Waigali: nām
• Wakhi: nung
• Walloon: no (wa) m
• Welsh: enw (cy)
• West Frisian: namme (fy) c
• Western Apache: -̨́-̨́zhi’, -́zhi’
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: ngazan
• White Hmong: lub npe
• Wutunhua: minze
• Xhosa: ifani
• Yaeyama: 名 (なー, nā)
• Yagnobi: нум (num)
• Yakut: аат (aat)
• Yámana: wapus
• Yiddish: נאָמען m (nomen)
• Yogad: ngagan
• Yonaguni: 名 (なー, nā)
• Yoron: 名 (なー, nā)
• Yoruba: orúkọ
• Yucatec Maya: kʼaabaʼ
• Yup'ik: ateq
• Zande: rima
• Zazaki: name (diq), nom
• Zealandic: naem m
• Zhuang: mingzcih, mingzcoh, coh
• Zulu: igama (zu) class 5/6, ibizo (zu) class 5/6

reputation — see also reputation

• Albanian: emër (sq)
• Arabic: اِشْتِهَار m (ištihār)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܐ m (šəmā)

• Armenian: անուն (hy) (anun)
• Bulgarian: и́ме (bg) n (íme)
• Catalan: reputació (ca) f
• Czech: jméno (cs) n
• Dutch: naam (nl) m, roep (nl) m
• Egyptian: (rn)
• Esperanto: nomo (eo)
• Finnish: nimi (fi), maine (fi)
• French: nom (fr) m
• Georgian: სახელი (saxeli)
• German: Name (de) m, Ruf (de) m
• Greek: όνομα (el) n (ónoma)
• Hebrew: שֵׁם (he) m (shem)
• Hindi: नाम (hi) (nām), प्रतिष्ठा (hi) (pratiṣṭhā)
• Hungarian: hírnév (hu)
• Interlingua: fama, reputation
• Italian: fama (it) f, riputazione f
• Japanese: 評判 (ja) (ひょうばん, hyōban)
• Korean: 평판 (ko) (pyeongpan), 명성 (ko) (myeongseong), 세평 (sepyeong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناو (ckb) (naw)

• Latin: fama f, existimatio f
• Luganda: erinnya
• Macedonian: углед m (ugled)
• Malay: nama (ms) n
• Marathi: प्रतिष्ठा (mr) (pratiṣṭhā), नाव (nāv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: navn (no) n, ry (no) n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نام (fa) (nâm), نامْوَر (nâmvar)

• Polish: reputacja (pl) f, sława (pl) f
• Portuguese: nome (pt) m, fama (pt) f, reputação (pt) f
• Romanian: reputație (ro) f, renume (ro) n, nume (ro) n, faimă (ro)
• Russian: и́мя (ru) n (ímja), репута́ция (ru) f (reputácija), сла́ва (ru) f (sláva), реноме́ (ru) n (renomɛ́)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̏гле̄д m

  Roman: ȕglēd (sh) m

• Slovene: ime (sl) n
• Spanish: fama (es) f, reputación (es) f, renombre (es) m
• Swahili: jina (sw)
• Swedish: namn (sv) n
• Telugu: కీర్తి (te) (kīrti)
• Tibetan: སྙན་གྲགས (snyan grags), སྐད་གྲགས (skad grags), གྲགས་པ (grags pa), སྐད་གྲགས་པ (skad grags pa)
• Turkish: nam (tr)
• Ukrainian: репута́ція f (reputácija)
• Vietnamese: tiếng tăm (vi)
• Walloon: rilomêye (wa) f
• Yiddish: נאָמען m (nomen)
• Zazaki: nam (diq)

abusive or insulting epithet

• Finnish: pilkkanimi (fi) (rare); see also nimitellä (fi) (to call names)

person or legal person

• Finnish: nimi (fi)
• French: nom (fr)
• Zazaki: namedar

those of a certain name; a race; a family — see also race,‎ family

computing: unique identifier

• Finnish: nimi (fi)
• Greek: αναγνωριστικό (el) (anagnoristikó)
• Zazaki: namek

investor in Lloyd's of London

• Finnish: nimi (fi)

authority — see also authority

• Finnish: nimi (fi)
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 n (namō)

See also

• alias
• anonymous
• appellation
• cognomen
• namely
• nom de guerre
• nom de plume
• nominal
• pseudonym

 

References

• name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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)

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.

Synonyms

• (give a name to): bename, designate, dub; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (specify): nominate; see also Thesaurus:specify

Derived terms

Terms derived from name (verb)

• bename
• codename
• misname
• my very easy method just speeds up naming planets
• name after
• name and shame
• name names
• rename
• to be named later
• unname
• you name it

 

Translations

to give a name to

• American Sign Language: H@RadialFinger-H@NearCenterChesthigh H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh
• Arabic: سَمَّى (sammā)

  Egyptian Arabic: سمى (sammā)

  Tunisian Arabic: سَمَّى (sammā)

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܡܗ (šammah)

• Armenian: անվանել (hy) (anvanel), կոչել (hy) (kočʻel)
• Aromanian: numescu
• Asturian: nomar, nombrar
• Belarusian: называ́ць impf (nazyvácʹ), назва́ць pf (nazvácʹ)
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} envel (br)
• Bulgarian: именувам (bg) (imenuvam), назовавам (bg) (nazovavam), кръщавам (bg) (krǎštavam)
• Catalan: anomenar (ca)
• Cebuano: nganlan, panganlan
• Chickasaw: hochifo, (to be named) holhchifo, (to be named after) aholhchi'fo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 命名 (zh) (mìngmíng)

• Cornish: henwel
• Czech: pojmenovat (cs), jmenovat (cs) impf or pf
• Danish: døbe, navngive (da)
• Dutch: noemen (nl)
• Esperanto: nomi
• Farefare: sɩ
• Faroese: nevna, navngeva
• Finnish: nimetä (fi), antaa nimi; (to Christen) ristiä (fi); (to baptize) kastaa (fi)
• French: nommer (fr), dénommer (fr)

  Middle French: nommer

  Old French: nomer

• Georgian: არქმევს (arkmevs)
• German: nennen (de), taufen (de), bezeichnen (de), benennen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (namnjan), 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganamnjan)
• Greek: ονομάζω (el) (onomázo), ονοματίζω (el) (onomatízo)

  Ancient: ὀνομάζω (onomázō)

• Guaraní: mbohéra
• Hungarian: nevez (hu), elnevez (hu); (to name after something/someone, used with után)
• Icelandic: nefna (is)
• Indonesian: menamai (id)
• Interlingua: nominar, denominar
• Italian: denominare (it)
• Japanese: 名付ける (ja) (なづける, nazukeru), 命名する (ja) (めいめいする, meimei suru), 名前をつける (なまえをつける, namae o tsukeru)
• Jingpho: amying
• Korean: 이름짓다 (ireumjitda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ناودان (nawdan)

• Lao: ເອີ້ນ (ʼœ̄n)
• Latin: nōminō (la), nuncupō
• Macedonian: именува (imenuva), нарекува (narekuva)
• Norman: nommer
• Norwegian: kalle (no), navngi
• Old English: hātan, nemnan
• Old French: numer
• Papiamentu: nombra
• Persian: نامیدن (fa) (nâmidan)
• Polish: nazywać (pl), nazwać (pl) pf
• Portuguese: nomear (pt), denominar (pt), chamar (pt)
• Quechua: sutiy
• Romanian: numi (ro)
• Russian: называ́ть (ru) impf (nazyvátʹ), назва́ть (ru) pf (nazvátʹ), именова́ть (ru) impf (imenovátʹ), наименова́ть (ru) pf (naimenovátʹ), нарека́ть (ru) impf (narekátʹ), наре́чь (ru) pf (naréčʹ)
• Sanskrit: प्रवदति (sa) (pravadati)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmich
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: именовати, наденути, надити

  Roman: imenovati (sh), nadenuti (sh), naditi

• Skolt Sami: nõõmeed
• Slovak: menovať, pomenúvať impf, nazývať impf, nazvať pf
• Slovene: imenovati (sl)
• Spanish: nombrar (es), denominar (es)
• Swahili: jina (sw)
• Swedish: döpa (sv), namnge (sv)
• Telugu: నామకరణ (nāmakaraṇa)
• Thai: เรียก (th) (rîiak), เรียกขาน (rîak kăan)
• Tibetan: མིང་འདོགས (ming 'dogs), མིང་ནས་འབོད (ming nas 'bod), མིང་སྨྲོས་བྱེད (ming smros byed), མིང་སྤྲོད (ming sprod), མཚན་གསོལ (mtshan gsol) (honorific)
• Tok Pisin: kolim
• Turkish: adlandırmak (tr), ad koymak (tr)
• Ukrainian: назива́ти impf (nazyváty), назва́ти pf (nazváty), наріка́ти impf (narikáty), наректи́ pf (narektý), іменува́ти impf (imenuváty), наймено́вувати impf (najmenóvuvaty), найменува́ти pf (najmenuváty)
• Vietnamese: đặt tên (vi), cho tên
• Volapük: nemön (vo)
• White Hmong: hu
• Yiddish: אָנרופֿן (onrufn)
• Zazaki: name kerden
• Zulu: -qamba

to mention, specify

• Arabic: اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra)
• Armenian: նշել (hy) (nšel)
• Bulgarian: избирам (bg) (izbiram)
• Catalan: escollir (ca)
• Czech: jmenovat (cs), pojmenovat (cs), vyjmenovat
• Danish: nævne (da), vælge (da)
• Dutch: zeggen (nl), kiezen (nl)
• Finnish: nimetä (fi)
• French: choisir (fr), élire (fr)
• German: nennen (de)
• Greek: κατονομάζω (el) (katonomázo)
• Hungarian: említ (hu), megnevez (hu)
• Icelandic: nefna (is)
• Indonesian: sebut (id)
• Interlingua: seliger, eliger
• Italian: nominare (it)
• Japanese: 選ぶ (ja) (えらぶ, erabu)
• Korean: 고르다 (ko) (goreuda), 선택하다 (ko) (seontaek-hada)
• Latin: eligere
• Macedonian: кажува (kažuva)
• Norwegian: velge (no)
• Persian: نامبُردن (nâmbordan), یادآوری (fa) (yâd-âvari)
• Polish: wybierać (pl), wybrać (pl)
• Portuguese: escolher (pt), eleger (pt)
• Russian: выбира́ть (ru) (vybirátʹ), вы́брать (ru) (výbratʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmich
• Spanish: escoger (es), elegir (es), nombrar (es)
• Swahili: jina (sw)
• Swedish: nämna (sv)
• Telugu: సూచన (te) (sūcana), వర్గీకరణ (te) (vargīkaraṇa), ఎన్నుకొను (ennukonu)
• Ukrainian: назива́ти impf (nazyváty), назва́ти pf (nazváty), зга́дувати impf (zháduvaty), згада́ти pf (zhadáty)
• Vietnamese: chọn (vi)
• Zazaki: name berden
• Zulu: -biza

to identify, define, specify

• Arabic: عَيَّنَ (ar) (ʕayyana)
• Bulgarian: определям (bg) (opredeljam)
• Catalan: especificar (ca), precisar (ca)
• Czech: pojmenovat (cs)
• Dutch: vermelden (nl), opnoemen (nl)
• Finnish: nimetä (fi), tunnistaa (fi)
• French: préciser (fr)
• Georgian: ასახელებს (asaxelebs)
• German: nennen (de)
• Greek: καθορίζω (el) (kathorízo)
• Hungarian: meghatároz (hu)
• Indonesian: sebut (id)
• Interlingua: specificar
• Italian: specificare (it)
• Japanese: 明示する (めいじする, meiji suru)
• Korean: 자세히 기입하다 (jasehi giiphada)
• Latin: denotare
• Macedonian: посочува (posočuva)
• Norwegian: nevne (no)
• Persian: شناختن (fa) (šenâxtan)
• Polish: określać (pl), określić (pl)
• Portuguese: especificar (pt), precisar (pt)
• Russian: определя́ть (ru) (opredeljátʹ), определи́ть (ru) (opredelítʹ), назнача́ть (ru) (naznačátʹ), назна́чить (ru) (naznáčitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: innis
• Spanish: especificar (es), precisar (es)
• Swahili: jina (sw), jina (sw)
• Swedish: nämna (sv)
• Telugu: గుర్తించు (te) (gurtiñcu), వడపోత (te) (vaḍapōta), వర్గీకరణ (te) (vargīkaraṇa)
• Tok Pisin: kolim
• Ukrainian: визнача́ти impf (vyznačáty), ви́значити pf (význačyty)

to publicly implicate

• Armenian: մեղադրել (hy) (meġadrel)
• Bulgarian: обвинявам (bg) (obvinjavam)
• Catalan: denominar (ca)
• Cebuano: nganlan, panganlan
• Czech: označit (cs)
• Dutch: benoemen (nl)
• Finnish: nimittää (fi), nimitellä (fi)
• French: identifier (fr), appeler (fr)
• German: benennen (de)
• Greek: κατονομάζω (el) (katonomázo)
• Hungarian: megnevez (hu)
• Interlingua: identificar
• Italian: identificare (it)
• Latin: appellare, pronuntiare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: navngi

• Polish: identyfikować (pl), wskazać (pl)
• Portuguese: identificar (pt)
• Russian: обвиня́ть (ru) (obvinjátʹ), обвини́ть (ru) (obvinítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: innis
• Spanish: nombrar (es), denominar (es)
• Swahili: jina (sw)
• Swedish: nämna (sv)
• Ukrainian: звинува́чувати impf (zvynuváčuvaty), звинува́тити pf (zvynuvátyty)
• Vietnamese: nhận (vi)

to designate for a role

• Arabic: عَيَّنَ (ar) (ʕayyana), نَصَبَ (ar) (naṣaba)
• Armenian: նշանակել (hy) (nšanakel)
• Bulgarian: определям (bg) (opredeljam), назначавам (bg) (naznačavam)
• Catalan: anomenar (ca)
• Cebuano: nganlan, panganlan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任命 (zh) (rènmìng)

• Czech: jmenovat (cs)
• Dutch: aanstellen (nl)
• Esperanto: nomumi
• Finnish: nimittää (fi)
• French: nommer (fr)
• German: ernennen (de)
• Greek: διορίζω (el) (diorízo), εκλέγω (el) (eklégo)
• Hungarian: kinevez (hu)
• Icelandic: útnefna
• Italian: nominare (it)
• Japanese: 任命する (にんめいする, ninmei suru), 命じる (ja) (めいじる, meijiru)
• Korean: 지명하다 (ko) (jimyeonghada), 임명하다 (ko) (immyeonghada)
• Latin: nominare (la), facere (la)
• Macedonian: назначува (naznačuva), наименува (naimenuva)
• Norman: nommer
• Norwegian: utnevne
• Persian: گماردن (fa) (gomârdan), نامزدن (nâmzadan)
• Polish: wyznaczyć (pl), mianować (pl)
• Portuguese: nomear (pt)
• Russian: определя́ть (ru) (opredeljátʹ), определи́ть (ru) (opredelítʹ), назнача́ть (ru) (naznačátʹ), назна́чить (ru) (naznáčitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainmich
• Spanish: nombrar (es), denominar (es)
• Swahili: jina (sw)
• Swedish: utnämna (sv)
• Telugu: రూపకల్పన చేయు (rūpakalpana cēyu)
• Ukrainian: признача́ти impf (pryznačáty), призна́чити pf (pryznáčyty)
• Zazaki: namzade

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ancient Greek: ^{(please verify)} ὀνοματοθετέω (onomatothetéō)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} gọi (vi)

See also

• christen
• epithet
• moniker
• sobriquet

 

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• ñame, namé

Noun

name (plural names)

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

Synonyms

• cush-cush
• greater yam

Translations

yam

• Spanish: ñame (es)
• Ukrainian: ямс (uk) m (jams)

Anagrams

• -mane, -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mane, mean, mnae, neam

Afrikaans

Noun

name

1. plural of naam

Central Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

name

1. name

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Cimbrian

Etymology

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

Noun

name ?

1. (Tredici Comuni) name

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

name

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

Noun

name

1. (archaic) dative singular of naam

Anagrams

• amen, mane

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

name

1. grass

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

name

1. Rōmaji transcription of なめ

Lithuanian

Noun

name m

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch namo.

Noun

nāme m or f

1. name
2. fame, reputation

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• nāmen

Descendants

• Dutch: naam
• Limburgish: naam, naom

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nâme f

1. taking
2. receiving

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• nēmen

Descendants

• Dutch: name (mostly in compounds)

Further reading

• “name”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “name (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “name (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nome

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːm(ə)/

Noun

name (plural names or namen)

1. name

Related terms

• surname

Descendants

• English: name
  • → Sranan Tongo: nen
  • → Japanese: ネーム
• Geordie English: nyem
• Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
• Yola: naame, naume, name

References

• “nāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• nam

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of name (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	name	die	namen
genitive	eines	dës	namen	dër	namen
dative	eime	dëm	namen	dën	namen
accusative	einen	dën	namen	die	namen

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Naame

  Italian Walser: namä, noame, nomu, nàmund

• Bavarian: Nama, Nam, Nåm

  Cimbrian: nåm, name, naamo

  Mòcheno: nu'm

  Udinese: nome, nòmm, nome, nomat

• German: Name, Namen
• Luxembourgish: Numm
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: Naame

• Yiddish: נאָמען (nomen)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نامه (nâme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑːˈmɛ/

Noun

name f

1. letter (a document)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

1. singular optative active of namati (“to bend”)

Volapük

Noun

name

1. dative singular of nam

Yola

Noun

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.

References

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːme/

Noun

name (nam)

1. name
2. reputation