Definition of Names. Meaning of Names. Synonyms of Names

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Definition of Names

Name
Name Name, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Named; p. pr. & vb. n. Naming.] [AS. namian. See Name, n.] 1. To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call. She named the child Ichabod. --1 Sam. iv. 21. Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. --Milton. 2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention. None named thee but to praise. --Halleck. Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead. --Tennyson. 3. To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding. Whom late you have named for consul. --Shak. 4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand. Syn: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify; designate; nominate.

Meaning of Names from wikipedia

- "common names" or (obsolete) "general names". A name can be given to a person, place, or thing; for example, parents can give their child a name or a scientist...
- throughout life, or until marriage. Some possible changes concern middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents'...
- A personal name or full name is the set of names by which an individual is known and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that...
- Chinese personal names are names used by those from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and the Chinese diaspora overseas. Due to China's historical dominance...
- one's immediate family. Regnal names and religious or monastic names are special given names bestowed upon someone receiving a crown or entering a religious...
- names based on Chinese characters (hanja). During periods of Mongol influence, the ruling cl**** supplemented their Korean names with Mongolian names....
- traditional naming convention consists of the first name followed by a double patronym, usually with the father and grandfather's names. This convention...
- features the naming culture of personal names of ethnic Serbs and the Serbian language. Serbian names are rendered in the "Western name order" with the...
- a birth name to their newborn child. Names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic renderings, and so lack the visual meaning of names expressed...
- ac****ulated various names in many languages. Later, the plant was introduced worldwide, bringing it into contact with more languages. English names for this plant...
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