rename

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈneɪm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪm

Verb

rename (third-person singular simple present renames, present participle renaming, simple past and past participle renamed)

1. (transitive) To give a new name to.
   • 2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 39, 40:

     […] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda‎^[2] (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-12, PC, scene: Nexus‎^[3]:

     MERIDIAN (HNS) - Habitat 7 Renamed Ryder-I
     In honor of his achievements in the Heleus Cluster, the planet formerly known as Habitat 7 has been renamed after the human Pathfinder. The Pathfinder's father, former Pathfinder Alec Ryder, was killed exploring the planet. Now it will bear his son's name.

   • 2018 November 24, Tzu-ti Huang, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News‎^[4], archived from the original on 24 November 2018‎^[5]:

     Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.

   • 2025 January 20, Michael Williams, “Executive actions Trump has taken so far”, in CNN‎^[6]:

     The order temporarily renames the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service for 18 months and directs the entity to overhaul the software used at federal agencies as part of a “Software Modernization Initiative” in order to “maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”

   • 2025 January 21, Louis Casiano, “Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders”, in Fox News‎^[7]:

     On Monday, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

   • 2025 January 28, Michael Rios, Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, “‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico”, in CNN‎^[8]:

     When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.

Synonyms

• rebaptize
• rechristen

Coordinate terms

• dename, unname

Translations

to give a new name to

• Armenian: վերանվանել (veranvanel)
• Belarusian: пераймяно́ўваць impf (pjerajmjanóŭvacʹ), перайменава́ць pf (pjerajmjenavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: преименувам (bg) (preimenuvam)
• Catalan: reanomenar (ca), rebatejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重命名 (zh) (chóngmìngmíng), 重新命名 (zh) (chóngxīn mìngmíng), 改名 (zh) (gǎimíng), 改稱 / 改称 (zh) (gǎichēng)

• Czech: přejmenovat
• Dutch: hernoemen (nl)
• Esperanto: renomi
• Finnish: nimetä uudelleen, uudelleennimetä
• French: renommer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: umbenennen (de), umtaufen (de)
• Hungarian: átnevez (hu), átkeresztel (hu)
• Irish: athainmnigh
• Italian: rinominare, ribattezzare
• Japanese: 改名する (ja) (かいめいする, kaimei suru), 改称する (ja) (かいしょうする, kaishō suru)
• Latin: trānsnōminō
• Malay: namakan semula​
• Malayalam: പേരുമാറ്റുക (pērumāṟṟuka)
• Norwegian: omnavne, gi nytt navn
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بازنامیدن (bâznâmidan)
• Polish: przemianować (pl)
• Portuguese: renomear (pt), alterar nome
• Russian: переимено́вывать (ru) impf (pereimenóvyvatʹ), переименова́ть (ru) pf (pereimenovátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-ainmich
• Spanish: renombrar (es)
• Turkish: yeniden adlandırmak
• Ukrainian: переймено́вувати impf (perejmenóvuvaty), перейменува́ти pf (perejmenuváty)

Noun

rename (plural renames)

1. An instance of renaming.
   • 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:

     warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
     bar
     quux

Anagrams

• Menear, enarme, meaner, remean