name

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The word or words used to identify a person, place, or thing.

   What is your name?

2. 2
   verb

   To give a name to someone or something.

   They named their daughter Sofia.

3. 3
   verb

   To say or identify someone or something by name.

   Can you name all the planets in the solar system?

4. 4
   noun

   A person's reputation.

   They worked hard to protect their good name.

Common collocations

• first name Adjective + noun
• full name Adjective + noun
• last name Adjective + noun
• give a name Verb + noun
• sign one's name Verb + noun
• brand name Adjective + noun
• call someone's name Verb + noun
• change one's name Verb + noun
• sign your name Verb + noun
• take someone's name Verb + noun

PIE word *h₁nómn̥ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name From Middle English name, nome, from Old English nama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognates Germanic Cognates: Yola naame, name, naume (“name”), North Frisian Naam, neem, noome, nööm (“name”), Saterland Frisian Nome, Noome (“name”), West Frisian namme (“name”), Alemannic German Naame, namä, noame, nomu, nàmund (“name”), Cimbrian naamo, name, nåm (“…

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