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.

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Simplified etymology

Name is an Old English Germanic word descended from an Indo-European source also represented by Latin nomen “name.” The Latin branch gave English such words as denominate, misnomer, nominate, and 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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