name

Christian, first, given

middle, second

family, last

surname

married

maiden

full

The teacher asked all students to write their full name at the top of the test paper.

proper, real

pet

My boyfriend calls me by a pet name instead of my real name, and I think it's sweet.

nickname

assumed, false

official

joint

My parents opened a joint name bank account for my sister and me.

common

Sarah chose a common name for her baby daughter so she wouldn't stand out at school.

double-barrelled, hyphenated

strange-sounding

personal

My brother chose his son's personal name after our grandfather.

pen-, professional, stage

The actor decided to use a stage name because she thought her real name was too difficult to pronounce.

pseudonym

brand, proprietary, trade

company

code

file

place, street

have

The new puppy doesn't have a name yet, so we're still trying to decide what to call her.

bear, carry

My daughter bears her grandmother's name, so we call her by her middle name at home.

be known by, go by

My best friend goes by the name of Alex, though her real name is Alexandra.

use

My brother uses a fake name when he plays online games.

acquire, get, obtain

The disease got its name because patients developed a distinctive red rash on their skin.

adopt, assume, take

When she got married, she decided to take her husband's name.

keep

After marriage, she chose to keep her maiden name at work.

abandon

change

carry on

His son was proud to carry on the family name in their business.

immortalize

The legendary athlete's name was immortalized when the stadium was renamed in her honor.

choose, decide on/upon

give sb/sth

The hospital staff gave the baby boy the name James on his birth certificate.

give sb, name, pass on

The witness was too frightened to name the criminals who had threatened her family.

call sb/sth by

My teacher said we could call her by her first name instead of Mrs. Chen.

call sb ~s

The other kids used to call her names when she wore that old jacket to school.

call (out)

My friend called out my name when she spotted me at the airport.

mention

During the meeting, the manager mentioned several employees' names for the promotion opportunity.

drop

At the party, he kept dropping names to impress everyone with his famous connections.

invoke

When the teacher invoked the name of a famous scientist, the students became more interested in the lesson.

ask (sb)

When I met the new student, I asked for her name so I could introduce her to the class.

hear

When I first heard your name at the party, I immediately remembered your older sister.

know

I didn't know her name until she introduced herself at the meeting.

remember

print, sign, write

spell

enter, put down

She entered her name on the registration form when she arrived at the conference.

put forward

She put forward my name for the award without asking me first.

appear

Her name appeared in the list of winners announced yesterday.

imply sth, suggest sth

The restaurant's name suggests it specializes in fresh seafood dishes from the Mediterranean coast.

mean sth

ring a bell

That restaurant name rings a bell, but I can't remember where I've heard it before.

badge, plate

by ~

The security guard greeted all the regular visitors by name every morning.

by the ~ of

There is a woman by the name of Sarah who works in our office.

in sb/sth's ~

The hotel reservation was made in my mother's name since she was paying for it.

under a/the ~

The hotel reservation was made under a different name for privacy reasons.

~ for/of

My grandmother has an unusual name of Polish origin that nobody can pronounce correctly.

a change of name, give your name to sth

The sandwich got its name from the Earl of Sandwich, who invented it.

name and address, names and faces

The form asked for my name and address so they could send the package to my house.

put a name to sb/sth

I couldn't put a name to the old song playing in the cafe.

take sb's name in vain

big

good

bad

have

become

After years of hard work, he became a household name as a successful chef.

make

The chef made her name by creating innovative dishes that won international awards.

acquire, get

Over time, the restaurant acquired a good name for serving fresh, delicious food.

protect

The company worked hard to protect its name after the product recall.

give sb

Arriving late to every meeting gave him a bad name around the office.

blacken, damage

His involvement in the scandal seriously damaged the name of the charity organization.

~ for

My daughter was named for her grandmother, who was a famous pianist.

sb's name is mud

After he forgot his girlfriend's birthday, his name was mud for weeks.

big, famous, household, well-known

That restaurant is a household name in our city because they make the best pizza.

originally

appropriately, aptly, suitably, well

significantly

correctly, incorrectly

My teacher always spells my name correctly, even though most people get it wrong.

curiously, delightfully, exotically, grandly, improbably, oddly, quaintly, romantically, strangely, wonderfully

The restaurant was oddly named The Broken Compass, but everyone loved eating there.

confusingly

euphemistically

ironically

after

My parents chose to name me after my grandmother because she was very important to them.

for

My daughter was named for my grandmother, who was a teacher.

in honour of sb/sth

We called our daughter Sophie in honour of my grandmother.