name (English, noun)
Pronunciation: enpr: nām
ipa: /neɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Etymology: 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), Ashkun nām, Kamkata-viri nom, num, Prasuni nom, nëmë, Waigali nām, Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi and Hungarian név. Doublet of nomen and noun.
Definitions: examples: text: That which we call a rose
 By any other name would smell as sweet.
ref: 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]:
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text: […] and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:19:
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text: So good a man as this must surely have a name.
ref: 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz:
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text: 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.
ref: 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
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text: I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
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text: What's your name?
 Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.
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synonyms: proper name
name
glosses: Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
examples: text: Good name in man and woman, dear my lord
 Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
ref: 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]:
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text: 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.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
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text: And David won a name for himself.
ref: 1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13
glosses: A reputation.
examples: text: Stop calling me names!
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glosses: An abusive or insulting epithet.
examples: text: They list with women each degenerate name.
ref: 1697, Virgil, translated by John Dryden, The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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text: p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, →ISBN, page 287 http://books.google.com/books?id=7bxvJIs5_wsC&pg=PA287&dq=names
Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, […] .
text: 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?
ref: 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management page 79 http://books.google.com/books?id=-IaKYHY0sogC&pg=PA79&dq=names
text: International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .
ref: 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, page 29 http://books.google.com/books?id=bM6MPBIFwkQC&pg=PA29&dq=names
glosses: A person (or legal person).
examples: text: The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.
ref: 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:
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glosses: Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
examples: text: Halt in the name of the law!
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text: 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.
ref: 1881, George Barnett Smith, chapter XVI, in The Life and Speeches of the Right Hon. John Bright, M.P., volume II, London: Hodder and Stroughton, page 541:
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glosses: An authority; a behalf.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
tags: UK
Forms: form: names
tags: plural
Synonyms: word: name
word: nomenclature
tags: obsolete
word: proper name
Hypernyms: word: term
Hyponyms: word: baptismal name
word: big name
word: binomial name
word: birth name
word: botanical name
word: byname
word: christen name
word: Christian name
word: codename
word: code name
word: common name
word: confirmation name
word: deadname
word: domain name
word: facet name
word: family name
word: file name
word: filename
word: first name
word: forename
word: given name
word: honor name
word: household name
word: last name
word: login name
word: maiden name
word: middle name
word: NATO reporting name
word: nickname
word: pen name
word: personal name
word: prename
word: scientific name
word: skin name
word: stage name
word: surname
word: systematic name
word: taxonomic name
word: to-name
word: trade name
word: trail name
word: true name
word: username
word: valid name
word: vernacular name
word: zoological name
word: full name
word: alias
word: appellation
word: cognomen
word: designation
word: epithet
word: hypocorism
word: moniker
word: nom de guerre
word: nom de plume
word: pet name
word: pseudonym
word: sobriquet
word: street name
word: anthroponym
word: label
Derived terms: 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 a dog a bad name and hang him
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
Related terms: alias
anonymous
appellation
cognomen
namely
nom de guerre
nom de plume
nominal
pseudonym