Definition of Name
Name

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.

Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.

Those of a certain name; a race; a family.

A person, an individual.

To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.

To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.

To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.

To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.

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Name Quotations

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn Monroe

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
Thomas Jefferson

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Albert Einstein

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
Abraham Lincoln

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
Warren Buffett

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mohandas Gandhi

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
Mohandas Gandhi

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
William Shakespeare

Name Translations

name in Afrikaans is naam
name in Danish is navn
name in Dutch is benaming, naam, naamwoord
name in Finnish is nimi
name in French is qualifier, nom
name in German is Name, benennen, Name
name in Italian is reputazione, nomare, cognome
name in Latin is nomen, appello, dico
name in Norwegian is navn
name in Portuguese is nome
name in Spanish is denominar, nombrar, nombre