name

1. 1.

   a language unit by which a person or thing is known

   “his name really is George Washington”

   “those are two names for the same thing”

   Broaderlanguage unit

   Narroweragnomenassumed nameeponymfilenamegeographical indicationpatronymicmatronymicstreet namesurnamemiddle name
2. 2.

   a person's reputation

   “he wanted to protect his good name”

   Broaderrepute
3. 3.

   family based on male descent

   “he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”

   Synonymsgens

   Broaderfamily
4. 4.

   a well-known or notable person

   “they studied all the great names in the history of France”

   “she is an important figure in modern music”

   Synonymsfigurepublic figure

   Broaderimportant person
5. 5.

   by the sanction or authority of

   “halt in the name of the law”

   Broadersanction
6. 6.

   a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

   Synonymsepithet

   Broaderdefamation

   Narrowersmear word

Other forms of name

plural

names·

past tense

named·

present participle

naming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about name

What does name mean?

name means "assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to". That is the primary sense; the word has 15 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in name?

name has 1 syllable: name. In IPA it is /ˈneɪm/.

What is another word for name?

Close synonyms include call, know as, be known as, identify, nominate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is name a common word?

name is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with name?

4 words rhyme with name. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.