name
1 names and titles
2 giving names
3 using names
see also WORD
1 names and titles
- the word you use to refer to a person, animal, place or thing: name
'What's your name?' 'Peter.'
- to have a name: be called sth
What a lovely dog! What's he called?
- your personal name, which your friends and family use when they speak to you: first name (AmE given name), Christian name, (formal) forename
- the name that you share with your family: surname, family name, last name
- a name that some people have between their first name and their family name: middle name
- your first name, middle name(s) and surname: full name
Please write your full name on the form.
- the first letters of your names: initials
- the surname that a woman has before she gets married and takes her husband's name: maiden name
- a name that some people give to their friends: nickname
His nickname was 'Smiley', because he was always happy.
- if sb's name is Elizabeth, for example, but everybody calls her Liz, we say that the name 'Liz' is short for 'Elizabeth' or that Elizabeth is called Liz for short
- a funny or friendly name that some people give to sb they like a lot: pet name
- a word or short form that you use before sb's name: title
※ titles used before men's names MAN
- titles used before women's names WOMAN
2 giving names
- to give sb/sth a name: call sb/sth sth, name sb/sth sth
What are they going to call their new baby? ◎ They named their son Francis and their daughter Anne.
- to give sb/sth a nickname: nickname sb/sth sth
They nicknamed him 'Lofty' because he was so tall.
- to give sth a new name: rename sth (sth)
Leningrad was renamed St Petersburg.
- to give a child the same name as another person in the family, a good friend or a famous person: name/call sb after sb (AmE name sb for sb)
They named her after her grandmother. ◎ He's called Elvis, after Elvis Presley.
- to officially give a child a name at a church ceremony: christen sb (sth), baptize sb (sth); nouns: christening, baptism
Jamie's going to be baptized next week. ◎ We're going to Rosie's christening.
3 using names
- to use a particular name for sb: call sb sth; to use sb's first name, nickname, etc: call sb by their first name, nickname, etc
Please call me Bob. ◎ Everyone uses his nickname, no one ever calls him by his real name.
- to tell sb another person's name, so that the two people can meet, for example at a party: introduce sb (to sb)
She introduced me to some really interesting people at the party.
※ introducing sb MEET
- to write your name, often in a particular way, so that other people cannot copy it, on a letter, form, etc: sign your name, sign (sth); your name written in this way: signature
Where do I sign? ◎ to sign a letter/contract ◎ Do you need my signature?
- a piece of paper, for example a driving licence or passport, that says who you are: identification, (especially AmE) ID
Do you have any identification/ID on you?
- a means of identification used in some countries: identity card
- to be able to give sb's name by looking at a photograph, for example: identify sb
The police showed me a photograph of a man, and asked me if I could identify him.
- a card that has a person's name, company address and telephone number written on it: business card
- a list of names with addresses and telephone numbers: phone book, (telephone) directory
- a piece of paper or material that has a name written on it: label
- to put a label on sth: label sth
You should label your luggage before you go on holiday. ◎ a luggage label
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- if sb writes a letter, a book, a poem, etc and does not write his/her name on it, it is anonymous (adverb anonymously)
- a name that a writer uses, that is not his/her real name: pseudonym, pen-name
Eric Blair wrote under the pseudonym of George Orwell.
- a false name which a criminal uses: alias
- if a famous person gives you their signature, it is called an autograph
I saw Pavarotti in a restaurant and he gave me his autograph!
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