calling name

English

Noun

calling name (plural calling names)

1. (communication) The name associated with the telephone number or similar identifier of a caller. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A name an animal has been trained to respond to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. A nickname. such as Bob for Robert, Hank for Henry, or Peggy for Margaret.
4. (anthropology, linguistics) The name by which a person is normally identified in conversation.

   The representative will be with you shortly, Nick, as he is busy assisting other customers..

Translations

name associated with a telephone number

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

name of animal

• Finnish: nimi (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

nickname — see nickname

name by which a person is identified in conversation

• Dutch: roepnaam (nl)
• Finnish: kutsumanimi (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Rufname (de)
• Swedish: tilltalsnamn (sv)

See also

• CNAP
• name-calling
• caller ID

References

• CNAP on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “calling name”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• name-calling, namecalling