5. A person, an individual. [Poetic]

They list with women each degenerate name.

Dryden.

Christian name. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as

distinguished from surname; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether

received at baptism or not. -- Given name. See under Given. -- In name,

in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name.

-- In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge

you in the duke's name to obey me." Shak. (b) In the represented or

assumed character of. "I'll to him again in name of Brook." Shak. --

Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as

a sign; a doorplate. -- Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a

pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. -- Proper name (Gram.), a

name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. -- To call names,

to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations.

-- To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a

name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7.

Syn. -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination;

epithet. -- Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic,

denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or

thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put

for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by

way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as,

Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to

point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the

Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is

to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different

denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians,

etc.

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.

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