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Added 2 October 2026

name

/neɪm/ noun

In Latin: nōmen Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about name at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
A reputation.
An abusive or insulting epithet.
Stop calling me names!

verb

To give a name to.
One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
To mention, specify.
He named his demands.
To identify as relevant or important
naming the problem

noun

Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

Origin

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”).

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