name
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
How often you will meet it
Rank 226 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 100,591 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.048% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to also: call, know as, be known as They named their son DavidThe new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property also: identify Many senators were named in connection with the scandalThe almanac identifies the auspicious months
- charge with a function; charge to be also: nominate, make She was named Head of the CommitteeShe was made president of the club
- create and charge with a task or function also: appoint, nominate, constitute nominate a committee
- mention and identify by name name your accomplices!
- make reference to also: mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
name in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His name was in large letters in the head-lines.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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For he that is mighty has magnified me: and holy is his Name.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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At the sound of her new name Christian started, and she, too, turned scarlet.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Once he had known birds only by sight, but now he knew every calling, twittering, winging soul of them by name.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1