name

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/neɪm/

Etymology

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 include Saterland Frisian Noome, West Frisian namme, Dutch naam, German Name, Danish navn, Swedish namn, Latin nōmen (whence Spanish nombre), Russian имя (imja), Sanskrit नामन् (nāman). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnish nimi and Hungarian név. Doublet of nomen and noun.

Sentences

What is your name ?

Then onwards he was known by that name .

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

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

I'm City Editor in name only .

Its name means "Timok frontier ".

Miller's famous " declension thesis " derives its name from Scottow's title .