name

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others.
• noun A word or group of words used to describe or evaluate, often disparagingly.
• noun Representation or repute, as opposed to reality.
• noun A reputation.
• noun A distinguished reputation.
• noun An illustrious or outstanding person: synonym: celebrity.
• transitive verb To give a name to.
• transitive verb To mention, specify, or cite by name.
• transitive verb To call by an epithet.
• transitive verb To nominate for or appoint to a duty, office, or honor. synonym: appoint.
• transitive verb To specify or fix.
• adjective Well-known by a name.
• idiom (in the name of) By the authority of.
• idiom (in the name of) For the reason of; using as a reason.
• idiom (to (one's) name) Belonging to one.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See nam.
• To distinguish by bestowing a particular appellation upon; denominate; entitle; designate by a particular appellation or epithet.
• To mention by name; pronounce or record the name of: as, the person named in a document; also, to mention in general; speak of.
• To nominate; designate for any purpose by name; specify; prescribe.
• In the British House of Commons, to mention formally by name as guilty of a breach of the rules or of disorderly conduct calling for suspension or some other disciplinary measure.
• To pronounce to be; speak of as; call.
• Synonyms To call, term, style, dub.
• noun A word by which a person or thing is denoted; the word or words by which an individual person or thing, or a class of persons or things, is designated, and distinguished from others; appellation; denomination; designation.
• noun Figuratively, an individual as represented by his name; a person as existing in the memory or thoughts of others.
• noun That which is commonly said of a person; reputation; character: as, a good name; a bad name; a name for benevolence.
• noun Renown; fame; honor; eminence; distinction.
• noun The mere word by which anything is called, as distinguished from the thing itself; appearance only, not reality: as, a friend in name, a rival in reality.
• noun Persons bearing a particular name or patronymic; a family; a connection.
• noun A person or thing to be remembered.
• noun In grammar, a noun.
• noun Right, ownership, or legal possession, as represented by one's name: as, to hold property in one's own name, or in the name of another.
• noun In behalf of; on the part of; by the authority of: used often in invocation, adjuration, or the like: as, it was done in the name of the people; in the name of common sense, what do you mean? in God's name, spare us.
• noun In the capacity or character of.
• noun Compare name of God.
• noun Synonyms Name, Appellation, Title, Designation, Denomination, Style. Name is the simplest and most general word for that by which any person or thing is called: as, “His name is John,” Luke i. 63. An appellation is a descriptive and therefore specific term, as Saint Louis; John's appellation was the Baptist; George Washington has the appellation of Father of his Country. A title is an official or honorary appellation, as reverend, bishop, doctor, colonel, duke. A designation is a distinctive appellation or title, marking the individual, as Charles the Simple, James the Less. Denomination is to a class what designation is to an individual: as, coin of various denominations; a common use of the word is in application to a separate or independent Christian body or organization. Style may be essentially the same as appellation, but it is now generally limited to a name assumed or assigned for public use: as, the style of his most Christian Majesty; they transacted business under the firm style of Smith & Co.
• noun Repute, credit, note.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
• noun A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
• noun Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
• noun Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• noun Poetic A person, an individual.
• noun A given name, whether received at baptism or not.
• noun See under Given.
• noun in profession, or by title only; not in reality.
• noun In the represented or assumed character of.
• noun a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate.
• noun a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume.
• noun (Gram.) a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing.