Name

A name is a label to things, people, and even ideas or concepts. Names may identify a category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context.

Naming is the process of assigning a particular word or phrase to a pattern that has been noticed. This can be quite deliberate or a natural process that occurs in the flow of life as some phenomenon comes to the attention of the users of a language. Many new words or phrases come into existence during translation as attempts are made to express concepts from one language in another.

Either as a part of the naming process or later as usage is observed and studied by lexicographers the word may be defined by a description of the pattern it refers to.

There are millions of possible objects that can be described in science, too many to create common names for every one. As a response, a number of systems of systematic names have been created. An example of a systematic naming scheme is Linnaean taxonomy, which uses Latin names for plants and animals.

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See also: Arabic name, Chinese name, Japanese name, Family name, Placename etymology, Names given to the divine, Number names, Systematic names, Unique identifiers

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• What is a name?, Jim Wegryn.