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From Old English nama, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nḗh₃mn̥ (name).

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  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
    • 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
      So good a man as this must surely have a name.
  2. Reputation.
  3. A person (or legal person).
    • p. 2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, ISBN 1841692336, page 287 [3]:
      Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall, [] .
    • 2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management, ISBN 0074620975 page 79 [4]:
      Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?
    • 2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, ISBN 0203891058, page 29 [5]:
      International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and [] .
  4. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  5. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.

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name (third-person singular simple present names, present participle naming, simple past and past participle named)

  1. (transitive) To give a name to.
    1904: L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz — I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
  2. (transitive) To mention, specify.
    He named his demands.
    You name it!
  3. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important
    naming the problem
  4. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
    The painter was named as an accomplice.
  5. (transitive) To designate for a role.
    My neighbor was named to the steering committee.

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name

  1. singular past subjunctive of nemen.

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[edit] Kurdish

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name

  1. letter (a document)

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name m.

  1. locative singular form of namas
  2. vocative singular form of namas

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name (plural names)

  1. name

[edit] Volapük

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name

  1. dative singular form of nam
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