Personal names serve to distinguish one individual from another.
Ideally, a name would apply to one person only. Names are either given or inherited. Can be words signifying special and tangible things, either living, as in the case of a person or an animal, or inanimate, as in the case of a place or a concept. In general, however, their selection is unconstrained. Inherited names, on the other hand, come to an individual by virtue of membership in some group that the name identifies.