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Etymology

Old English nama, from Proto-Germanic *namon, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (“‘name’”).

Germanic cognates: Old High German namo (Modern German Name), Old Saxon namo (Dutch naam), Old Frisian noma, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉, Old Norse nafn (Swedish namn).

Indo-European cognates: Latin nōmen (French nom), Greek ὄνομα (onoma), Persian نام (nâm), Old Irish ainm (Cornish hanow), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬀 (nama), Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę) (Russian имя (ímja)), Tocharian A ñom and Tocharian B ñem.

Pronunciation

Noun

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Singular name

Plural names

name (plural names)

  1. Any word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
    • 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
      So good a man as this must surely have a name.
  2. Reputation.
  3. (computing): A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  4. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

Infinitive to name

Third person singular names

Simple past named

Past participle named

Present participle naming

to name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)

  1. (transitive) To give a name to.
    1904: L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz — I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
  2. (transitive) To mention, specify.
    He named his demands.
    You name it!
  3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
    naming the problem
  4. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
    The painter was named as an accomplice.
  5. (transitive) To designate for a role.
    My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

Derived terms

Translations

give a name to
  • Jingpho: amying
  • Korean: 이름짓다 (ireum-jitda)
  • Kurdish: ناودان
  • Latin: nominare la(la)
  • Norwegian: kalle no(no), navngi no(no)
  • Novial: noma, nomisa
  • Persian: نامیدن fa(fa) (nâmidan)
  • Polish: nazywać pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: nomear pt(pt), denominar pt(pt), chamar pt(pt)
  • Russian: именовать / наименовать (imenovát’/naimenovát’), называть / назвать (nazyvát’/nazvát’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmich gd(gd)
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: именовати, наденути
    Roman: imenovati, nadenuti
  • Slovene: imenovati sl(sl)
  • Spanish: nombrar es(es), denominar es(es)
  • Swahili: jina sw(sw)
  • Swedish: döpa sv(sv)
  • Vietnamese: đặt tên, cho tên
  • Volapük: nemön
  • Yiddish: אָנרופֿן (onrufn)
mention, specify, choose
  • Italian: scegliere it(it), eleggere it(it)
  • Japanese: 選ぶ (えらぶ, erábu)
  • Korean: 고르다 (goreuda), 선택하다 (seontaek-hada)
  • Latin: eligere la(la)
  • Norwegian: velge no(no)
  • Persian: نامبُردن fa(fa) (nāmbordan), یادآوری fa(fa) (yādāvari)
  • Polish: wybierać pl(pl) / wybrać pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: escolher pt(pt), eleger pt(pt)
  • Russian: выбирать ru(ru) / выбрать ru(ru) (vybirát’/výbrat’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmich gd(gd)
  • Spanish: escoger es(es), elegir es(es)
  • Swahili: jina sw(sw)
  • Swedish: nämna sv(sv)
  • Vietnamese: chọn vi(vi)
identify, define, specify
  • Korean: 자세히 기입하다 (jasehi giip-hada)
  • Latin: denotare la(la)
  • Norwegian: nevne no(no)
  • Persian: شناختن fa(fa) (şnāķtan)
  • Polish: określać / określić
  • Portuguese: especificar pt(pt), precisar pt(pt)
  • Russian: определять ru(ru) / определить ru(ru) (opredelját’/opredelít’), назначать ru(ru) / назначить ru(ru) (naznačát’/naznáčit’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: innis gd(gd)
  • Spanish: especificar es(es), precisar es(es)
  • Swahili: jina sw(sw), jina sw(sw)
  • Swedish: nämna sv(sv)
publicly implicate
designate for a role
  • Arabic: عَيّنَ (ʕáyyana), نَصَبَ (náSaba)
  • Armenian: նշանակել hy(hy) (nšanakel)
  • Bulgarian: определям (opredeljam), назначавам (naznačavam)
  • Catalan: anomenar
  • Chinese: 任命 (rèn mìng)
  • Czech: jmenovat cs(cs)
  • Dutch: aanstellen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: nimittää fi(fi)
  • French: nommer fr(fr)
  • German: ernennen de(de)
  • Greek: διορίζω el(el) (diorízo)
  • Hungarian: kinevez hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: útnefna is(is)
  • Italian: nominare it(it)
  • Japanese: 任命する (にんめいする, nimméi surú), 命じる (めいじる, méijiru)
  • Korean: 지명하다 (jimyeong-hada), 임명하다 (immyeong-hada)
  • Latin: nominare la(la), facere la(la)
  • Norwegian: utnevne no(no)
  • Persian: گماردن fa(fa) (gomārdan), نامزدن fa(fa) (nāmzadan)
  • Polish: wyznaczyć pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: nomear pt(pt)
  • Russian: определять ru(ru) / определить ru(ru) (opredelját’/opredelít’), назначать ru(ru) / назначить ru(ru) (naznačát’/naznáčit’)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainmich gd(gd)
  • Spanish: nombrar es(es)
  • Swahili: jina sw(sw)
  • Swedish: utnämna sv(sv)
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Ancient Greek: ονοματοθετῶ (onomatothetó)

See also

Anagrams

Kurdish

Noun

name

  1. letter (a document)

Lithuanian

Noun

name m.

  1. Locative singular form of namas.
  2. vocative singular form of namas

Mandarin

simplified

 那么

traditional

 那麼

Pronunciation

Adverb

name (Pinyin nàme, traditional 那麼, simplified 那么)

  1. so; that

Conjunction

name (Pinyin nàme, traditional 那麼, simplified 那么)

  1. in that case; then

See also

 

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