Past tense of name
regular verb
The past tense of name is named. The past participle is also named.
Forms of name
| Base form (V1) | name /neɪm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | named /neɪmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | named /neɪmd/ |
| Present participle | naming /ˈneɪmɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | names /neɪmz/ |
Named in a sentence
- One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
- 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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- Stephen King's first novel is about a girl named Carrie dealing with supernatural powers.From the entry supernatural
- The captain named it Pearl Rock after the rising sun illuminated the surface of the island.From the entry rock
- The notes B₃, B₄, and C♭₅ all belong to the same pitch class, named 11 or e.From the entry pitch class
Meaning of name
- noun Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- noun A reputation.
- noun An abusive or insulting epithet.
Questions about the past tense of name
- What is the past tense of name?
- The past tense of name is named.
- What is the past participle of name?
- The past participle of name is named.
- Is name a regular or irregular verb?
- Name is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: name (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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