name

Meaning

Noun

1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
2. A reputation.
3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
4. A person (or legal person).
5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
6. An authority; a behalf.
7. An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
8. (UK) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.

Verb

1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
2. (transitive) To mention, specify.
3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
4. (transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
5. (transitive) To disclose the name of.
6. (transitive) To designate for a role.
7. (Westminster-system, transitive) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Synonyms

call

appellation

title

designate

reputation

appoint

designation

fame

nominate

term

mention

give a name to

denomination

give a name

identify

christen

nickname

dub

first name

denominate

noun

surname

renown

repute

call by name

epithet

entitle

choose

assign

elect

label

🏷️

proper noun

cite

refer

personal name

pick

⛏️

given name

select

specify

family name

describe

list

glory

honour

forename

number

🔢

ordain

proper name

bring up

advert

Translations

nom

nombre

Name

nome

nommer

naam

nome

nombrar

nennen

όνομα

appeler

ad

benennen

nom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/neɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: name

Inherited from Old English: nama

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Noome

Cognate with Western Frisian: namme

Cognate with Dutch: naam

Cognate with German: Name

Cognate with Danish: navn

Cognate with Swedish: namn

Cognate with Latin: nōmen

Cognate with Spanish: nombre

Cognate with Russian: имя

Cognate with Sanskrit: नामन्

Cognate with Finnish: nimi

Cognate with Hungarian: név

Inherited from Middle English: namen

Inherited from Old English: namian

Cognate with Old English: nemnan

In summary

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
Cognate with Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North Frisian Noom, 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”), 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 (nā́man, “name”). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi (“name”) and Hungarian név (“name”). Doublet of nomen and noun.

Sentences

Give it a name .

There is a village of the same name on the coast of the lake .

She wanted to know why her name was not on the drawings of all the previous years .

The name given in Spain and Portugal .

There is no definite interpretation of the origin of the name .

She also participated in the filming of the documentary " Spell your name ".