Vocabulary List Number 389 v.1.1 with 64 entries made up of 5 chapters with 21 definitions, 5 synonyms and 38 examples. Published on Jan 1, 2025. Latest update Nov 30, 2025.
Main Definitions
- name|n| a language unit by which a person or thing is known. (From Vocabulary.com Dictionary . Nov 26, 2025.)
- "His name really is George Washington.” (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26, 2025.)
- “Those are two names for the same thing.” (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26, 2025.)
- "In the business world he goes by the name of J. Walter Fortune." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "I'm here to pick up my tickets - I reserved them by phone yesterday in the name of Tremin." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Please would you check in at the reception desk and sign your name in the book." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "I can't think of her name - it'll come back to me later." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "What's the file name?" (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "She slapped him and called him names, but he didn't react." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
Kind of Names
- first name / forename / given name |n| the name that precedes the surname. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 26,
2025.) - "We only knew him as Mr Fletcher - he never told us his first name." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "My father and I both have the same first name, John, although he is usually known by his nickname, Jack." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "It can be rude to call people by their first name if they are much older or more important than you." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Staff and pupils at the school were on first-name terms. (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "It can be rude to call people by their first name if they are much older or more important than you." (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Staff and pupils at the school were on first-name terms. (From Cambridge Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- middle name 1 |n| a name between your first name and your surname. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
- "President John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald." (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Kimberly Lee Kessler -- kind of a silly middle name, isn't it? (From ABC News, 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "Blakely Rae Roberts, who shares her middle name with her great-grandmother, GG, and sees her most days, loves playing doctor at home." (From Seth Carnell, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "Here are all the details on his Spanish first name and cute vintage middle name." (From Sarah Scott, Parents. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "In the videos, Álvarez, 39, hardly looks the part of an insurgent fighter who went by the nickname Alex, short for her middle name Alexandra." (From Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- middle name 2 |n| a term that is particularly apt to denote a person's qualities or affinities. (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Patience is her middle name." (From Merriam Webster. Nov 29, 2025.)
More about Name- alias 1 / assumed name / false name|n| used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
- alias 2 |n| your alias could be as important as the name you use when you’re on the run or as simple as your screen name on a social networking site. Either way, an alias is a temporary name, one you don’t use all the time or for every occasion. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Eric Blair, alias George Orwell." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
- "That Holmes would use an alias seemed beyond doubt, so Geyer brought along his photographs, even a depiction of the children’s distinctive “flat-top” trunk." (From The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Nov. 30, 2025.)
- “It’s taken time, I swear. I went through this whole emo phase in middle school where I played with the alias ‘Rick." (From When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. Nov 30, 2025.)
- "When Holmes met Minnie, he was traveling on business under the alias Henry Gordon and found himself invited to a gathering at the home of one of Boston’s leading families." (From The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Nov. 30, 2025.)
- "It said a good criminal chooses a alias that’s kind of close to their own name." (From Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. Nov. 30, 2025.)
- alias 3 |adv| alias can also be used as an adverb to mean "also known as".
- "Your parents might be less than thrilled when you introduce your new boyfriend, "John Smith, alias Lock-Jaw Johnnie, wanted in 39 states." (From Vocabulary.com Dictionary . Nov 26, 2025.)
- birth name|n| the surname given a person at birth.
- false name |n| a name that has been assumed temporarily. (Fom Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
- misnomer 1 |n| a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation. (From Collins Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- misnomer 2 |n| an error in naming a person or thing. (From Collins Ductionary. Nov 29, 2025.)
- nickname / nick |n|a descriptive name for a place or thing. (From Vocabulary.com. Nov 27, 2025.)
- pseudonym |n| a fictitious name, especially one used by an author. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
- "I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 27, 2025.)
- surname |n| a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a forename or given name. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "He changed his surname from Kaye to Kasmin." (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025)
- "As with Daria, the Journal agreed to withhold her surname." (From Thomas Grove, WSJ. 29 Nov 2025.)
- "Still, that’s gotta be a good sign on our nerd-quest that the lone Tiger with a 3.14 ERA with the franchise that shares his surname, right?" (From Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press. 14 Mar. 2025.)
- "In Spain, 20% percent of people in the country have one of the 10 most common surnames." (Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News. 29 Nov 2025)
Terms Related to the Wife's Name
- née |adj| (meaning literally born) used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
- “Mrs Parker, née Carter.”
- maiden name |n| a woman’s family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name.
Lack of Identity
- anonymous person |n| is someone whose name is unknown or withheld, either because they are unidentifiable, untrackable, or choose to remain private. This term applies to individuals who are not named, a work of unknown authorship, or a person lacking individuality or distinction. (From Google IA. Nov 27, 2025.)
- "About a week after Santos shared her views on Kirk, the college’s human resources office received an anonymous letter with screenshots of Santos’ online posts and immediately suspended her, according to the complaint." (From Merriam Websters. Nov 28, 2025.)
- "Starting in 2007, LaRue and her daughter became the target of an anonymous stalker who would send letters threatening to rape and murder them." (From Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Nov. 2025) (example added on December 28, 2025.)
- John Doe 1 |n| a placeholder name for an unknown or anonymous male person, used in legal, medical, and law enforcement contexts. Its female equivalent is "Jane Doe," and other variations like "Richard Roe" and "John Roe" are also used for additional unidentified parties. The term also refers to an average or hypothetical man." (From Google IA. Nov 27, 2025.)
- John Doe 2 in legal proceedings used for a male party whose true name is unknown, anonymous, or being kept secret for legal reasons. Allows legal processes to move forward even when a defendant's identity is not yet established. (From Google IA. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "A "John Doe warrant" allows for the arrest of a culprit once they are identified."
- Jane Doe |n| a woman who is a party to legal proceedings and whose true name is unknown or withheld. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
- "Lawyers for the Jane Doe plaintiff did not immediately respond to a request for comment." (From Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "The firm is representing a Jane Doe who is identified only as a military spouse." (From Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "The woman, who is married to an active-duty service member with more than 20 years in uniform, filed the lawsuit under the name Jane Doe to protect her identity (From Courtney Kube, NBC news. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- "Arizona investigators couldn't figure out who Jane Doe was, and California authorities had no idea who the babies were." (From Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today. 29 Nov. 2025.)
- Baby Doe|n|a variation used for an unidentified child. (From Oxford Languages. Nov 29, 2025.)
- NN |n| stands for a person whose name is unknown, often from the Latin nomen nescio ("I do not know the name"). It is a placeholder used for unidentified individuals, such as unknown victims or suspects, and is a common abbreviation in legal, historical, and informal contexts. (From Google IA. Nov 27, 2025.)