Meaning: name

Illustrative Context

What name have you chosen for your baby?

Target Sense

• The most generic noun for the name of a person. Prototypically this should be the basic term that would be used in the illustrative context, where it can be expected that the family name is already known, and is not the focus of the question.
• Avoid narrower terms specific to a particular type of name (or even title), e.g. surname, forename, nickname, sobriquet.
• If (and only if) your language has no generic, umbrella term that can be applied variously to a family name, an individual identifying name, or a combined full name, then select the term that would be most normal in the illustrative context,assuming that the family name is already known.
• In some languages, the most generic base noun (when not further qualified) may be ambiguous between the generic sense targeted here and one particular sub-sense, e.g. Name in German can also be taken as specifically referring to the family name in a context where it is in explicit contrast with Vorname. Irrespective of any such potential ambiguities and disambiguation techniques where necessary, however, enter the generic base noun as would be used in contexts where further specification is not needed. So in German, the default, generic lexeme, as in the illustrative context above, is simple Name, not narrower Vorname.
• Many languages use the noun less than English uses its noun name, and translation equivalents will often use instead a verb that more literally means call (oneself), e.g. German heißen, French s’appeler. Nonetheless, such languages do also tend to have a noun for name, e.g. in official contexts where identity is to be established. Enter the noun form for this IE-CoR meaning, not a verb.