Definitions for name

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name name

Spelling: [neym]

IPA: /neɪm/

Name is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in name (aemn).

Definitions for name

noun

1. a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
2. mere designation, as distinguished from fact:
3. an appellation, title, or epithet, applied descriptively, in honor, abuse, etc.
4. a reputation of a particular kind given by common opinion:
5. a distinguished, famous, or great reputation; fame:
6. a widely known or famous person; celebrity:
7. an unpleasant or derogatory appellation or expression:
8. a personal or family name as exercising influence or bringing distinction:
9. a body of persons grouped under one name, as a family or clan.
10. the verbal or other symbolic representation of a thing, event, property, relation, or concept.
11. (initial capital letter) a symbol or vehicle of divinity:
12. a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.

Idioms

1. by name, personally; individually: not personally; by repute:
2. call names, to scold or speak abusively of or to a person:
3. in the name of, with appeal to: by the authority of: on behalf of: under the name or possession of: under the designation or excuse of:
4. name names, to specify people by name, especially those who have been accomplices in a misdeed:
5. to one's name, in one's possession:

adjective

1. famous; widely known:
2. designed for or carrying a name.
3. giving its name or title to a collection or anthology containing it:

verb (used with object)

1. to give a name to:
2. to accuse:
3. to call by an epithet:
4. to identify, specify, or mention by name:
5. to designate for some duty or office; nominate or appoint:
6. to specify; suggest:
7. to give the name of:
8. to speak of.
9. British. (in the House of Commons) to cite (a member) for contempt.

Origin of name

before 900; Middle English; Old English nama; cognate with German Name, Gothic namô; akin to Old Norse nafn, Latin nōmen, Greek ónoma, Old Irish ainm, Polish imię, Czech jméno

Examples for name

He took the card from the florist's envelope and glanced at the name.

Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.

There's a broker I've known down-town—fellow by the name of Relpin.

Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.

"The name of Socrates recalls Alcibiades to my mind," rejoined Anaxagoras.

The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over.

What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.

Hence the hair of the deceased was consecrated to her, and her name invoked at funerals.