name: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with N · ends with E
Meaning of name
noun
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
Example: I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
A reputation.
An abusive or insulting epithet.
Example: Stop calling me names!
A person (or legal person).
Listed forms: names, nyem.
Source: Wiktionary — name.
verb
- ditransitive
To give a name to.
Example: One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
- transitive
To mention, specify.
Example: He named his demands.
- transitive
To identify as relevant or important
Example: naming the problem
- transitive
To publicly implicate by name.
Example: The painter was named as an accomplice.
Listed forms: names, naming, named.
Source: Wiktionary — name.
noun
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Listed forms: names.
Source: Wiktionary — name.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for name.
noun
family based on male descent
noun
a well-known or notable person
- figure
- public figure
noun
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
verb
assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- call
- know as
- be known as
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is name in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of name
N(1) + A(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of name
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from name
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in name. Showing up to 24, longest first.