name
UK/neɪm/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/nɛjm/
name noun: any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
Noun (1)
name (plural names)
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- proper name
- A reputation.
- Good name in man and woman, dear my lord
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.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... - 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.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- Good name in man and woman, dear my lord
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- Stop calling me names!
- A person (or legal person).
- They list with women each degenerate name.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
- 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, […] .
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities.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...
- An authority; a behalf.
- Halt in the name of the law!
- 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...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
- An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
- An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
Verb
name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)
- To give a name to.
- One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
- I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'1904, L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz
- Synonyms:
- bename
- To mention, specify.
- He named his demands.
- You name it!
- Synonyms:
- nominate
- To identify as relevant or important
- naming the problem
- To publicly implicate by name.
- The painter was named as an accomplice.
- To disclose the name of.
- Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
- To designate for a role.
- My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
- Synonyms:
- nominate
- To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
- 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.2013 July 10, John (Speaker of the House of Commons) Bercow, (Please provide the book title or journal name), to MP Nigel Dodds
Noun (2)
name (plural names)
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Synonyms:
- cush-cush, greater yam
Proper noun capitalized: NAmE
NAmE
- Abbreviation of North American English.
name meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
name in Hindi
- word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
- नाम nām, इस्म ism
- reputation — see also reputation, fame, renown
- नाम nām, प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā
name in Tamil
- word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
- பெயர் peyar
name in Marathi
- word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
- नाव nāv
- reputation — see also reputation, fame, renown
- प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā, नाव nāv
name in Urdu
- word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing
- نام nām, اِسْم ism
More languagesFewer languages
- name in Bengali
- নাম nam
- name in Telugu
- పేరు pēru, నామము nāmamu, వర్గీకరణ vargīkaraṇa, కీర్తి kīrti
- name in Malayalam
- പേര് pērŭ, നാമം nāmaṁ
- name in Kannada
- ಹೆಸರು hesaru
- name in Punjabi
- ਨਾਂ nā̃
- name in Gujarati
- નામ nām, નામ પાડવું nām pāḍvũ
- name in Odia
- ନାମ nāma
- name in Sanskrit
- नामन् nā́man, प्रवदति pravadati
- name in Sinhala
- නම nama
- name in Assamese
- নাম nam
- name in Nepali
- नाम nām
- name in Pashto
- نوم nūm, اسم esm
- name in Tagalog
- ngalan, pangalan
- name in Arabic
- اِسْم ism, أَسْمَاء ʔasmāʔ, اسم esm, اسمية smiyya
- name in Malay
- nama
- name in Indonesian
- nama, sebut, menamai
- name in Persian
- نَام nām, اِسْم ism, نام nâm, نامْوَر nâmvar
- name in Thai
- ชื่อ chʉ̂ʉ, นาม naam, เรียก rîiak, เรียกขาน rîak kăan
- name in Vietnamese
- tên, tiếng tăm, đặt tên, cho tên
- name in Myanmar
- အမည် a.many, နာမည် namany
- Sindhi
- نالو nālō
- Dhivehi
- ނަން nan̊
- Kashmiri
- ناو nāv
- Dzongkha
- མིང ming
Examples of name in a sentence
- You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
- […] and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:19:
- So good a man as this must surely have a name.1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz:
- With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management page 79...
- International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and […] .2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, page 29...
Synonyms of name
Forms of name
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | names |
| alternative Geordie | nyem |
| alternative form | ñame |
| alternative form | namé |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | names |
| present participle | naming |
| past participle | named |
| past | named |
Origin of name
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognates Germanic Cognates: Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North Frisian Naam, neem, noome, nööm (“name”), Saterland Frisian Nome, Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Alemannic German Naame, namä, noame, nomu, nàmund (“name”), Cimbrian naamo, name, nåm (“name”), Dutch naam, name (“name”), German Nahme, Name (“name”), German Low German Naam (“name”), Luxembourgish Numm (“name”), Mòcheno nu'm (“name”), Vilamovian noma (“name”), Yiddish נאָמען (nomen, “name”), Danish, Faroese and Norwegian Bokmål navn (“name”), Icelandic nafn (“name”), Norwegian Nynorsk nabn, namn (“name”), Swedish namn (“name”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō, “name”). Indo-European Cognates: Latin nōmen (“name”) (whence Spanish nombre (“name”)), Russian имя (imja, “name”), Ashkun nām (“name”), Kamkata-viri nom, num (“name”), Prasuni nom, nëmë (“name”), Waigali nām (“name”), Sanskrit नामन्...
From Middle English namen, from Old English namian (“to name, mention”) and ġenamian (“to name, call, appoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *namōn (“to name”). Cognate with West Frisian neame (“to name; to mention”). Compare also Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, give a name to a person or thing”).
Borrowed from Spanish ñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.
Words formed from name
- aftername
- a God's name
- a' God's name
- altname
- ancestral name
- art name
- assumed name
- baby name
- bad name
- baptismal name
- basename
- big-name
- binary name
- binominal name
- bookname
- 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 names
- call out of one's name
- call outta one's name
- call someone every name in the book
- caressing name
- CHARNAME
- clear someone's name
- coined name
- coname
- courtesy name
- cover name
- cybername
- danger is one's middle name
- dead-name
- dead name
- dead-naming
- death-name
- dename
- domain name server
- domain name service
- era name
- fleetname
- 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
Phrases with name
- in name
- big name
- ill name
- name day
- name for
- name tag
- new name
- pen name
- pet name
- base name
- code name
- file name
157 more phrasesFewer phrases
- gold name
- good name
- grex name
- last name
- lead name
- name call
- name card
- name days
- name drop
- name part
- name sign
- name tags
- name tape
- name vase
- pure name
- ring name
- self name
- Seth name
- sign name
- skin name
- true name
- user name
- word name
- birth name
- facet name
- first name
- given name
- honor name
- Horus name
- IUPAC name
- Latin name
- legal name
- login name
- my name is
- name after
- name board
- name brand
- name calls
- name cards
- name drops
- name names
- name parts
- name plate
- name signs
- name tapes
- name vases
- Nebty name
- place name
- slave name
- smush name
- stage name
- style name
- trade name
- trail name
- valid name
- chosen name
- common name
- domain name
- family name
- impure name
- little name
- maiden name
- middle name
- name boards
- name brands
- name called
- name change
- name plates
- name server
- phrase name
- praise name
- proper name
- regnal name
- screen name
- second name
- serekh name
- street name
- Sunday name
- temple name
- throne name
- virtue name
- wallet name
- you name it
- call by name
- gave name to
- maker's name
- marital name
- married name
- name binding
- name calling
- name changes
- name dropped
- name dropper
- name servers
- name the day
- pass by name
- special name
- species name
- ternary name
- trivial name
- adoption name
- binomial name
- christen name
- given name to
- gives name to
- in God's name
- marriage name
- name bindings
- name callings
- name droppers
- name dropping
- name reaction
- NAME syndrome
- personal name
- phonetic name
- purser's name
- put a name to
- specific name
- to name a few
- to one's name
- botanical name
- christian name
- giving name to
- household name
- in hell's name
- in the name of
- long file name
- name and shame
- name droppings
- name reactions
- porn star name
- porn-star name
- protected name
- puts a name to
- ran one's name
- run one's name
- taxonomic name
- your good name
- gave a bad name
- government name
- in all but name
- posthumous name
- runs one's name
- scientific name
- short file name
- systematic name
- Two Ladies name
- vernacular name
- zoological name
- given a bad name
- gives a bad name
- in heaven's name
- man with no name
- men with no name
- name of the game
- preoccupied name
- spell one's name
Words that rhyme with name
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- same
- blame
- declaim
- disclaim
- squame
- aflame
- came
- defame
- fame
- rame
- ashame
- became
- crame
- exclaim
- mechanical game
- misname
- overcame
- proclaim
- second name
- BAME
- by name
- cyberfame
- deadname
- enflame
- file names
- good game
- hame
- herostratic fame
- maim
- Markush claim
- reclame
- rename
- run game
- sejm
- succame
- two can play this game
- video game
Questions about name
- What does name mean?
- Name means any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- What is name in Hindi?
- Name in Hindi is नाम (nām), इस्म (ism), प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā). See Name meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use name in a sentence?
- You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
- What part of speech is name?
- Name can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce name?
- Name is pronounced /neɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of name?
- The plural of name is names.
Words near name in the dictionary
Source and license
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