The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them.

When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life.

If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing.

If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name.

If you name something such as a price, time, or place, you say what you want it to be.

If you name the person for a particular job, you say who you want to have the job.

You can refer to the reputation of a person or thing as their name .

You can refer to someone as, for example, a famous name or a great name when they are well-known.

If something is in someone's name, it officially belongs to them or is reserved for them.

If someone does something in the name of a group of people, they do it as the representative of that group.

If you do something in the name of an ideal or an abstract thing, you do it in order to preserve or promote that thing.

People sometimes use expressions such as 'in the name of heaven' or 'in the name of humanity' to add emphasis to a question or request.

If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.

When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name.

You can use by name or by the name of when you are saying what someone is called.

If someone calls you names, they insult you by saying unpleasant things to you or about you.

If you say that something is the name of the game, you mean that it is the most important aspect of a situation.

If you lend your name to something such as a cause or project, you support it.

If you make a name for yourself or make your name as something, you become well-known for that thing.

If you name names, you identify the people who have done something, often something wrong.

If something such as a newspaper or an official body names and shames people who have performed badly or who have done something wrong, it identifies those people by name.

If you say that a situation exists in name only, you mean that it does not have the status or position that it claims to have.

You say you name it, usually after or before a list, to indicate that you are talking about a very wide range of things.