You can make 25 words from name according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of name
name anme nmae mnae amne mane naem anem neam enam aenm eanm nmea mnea nema enma mena emna amen maen aemn eamn mean eman
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word name. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in name.
Definitions and meaning of name
name
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishname, nome, from Old Englishnama, noma, from Proto-West Germanic*namō, from Proto-Germanic*namô, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.
Cognates include Saterland FrisianNoome, West Frisiannamme, Dutchnaam, GermanName, Danishnavn, Swedishnamn, Latinnōmen (whence Spanishnombre), Russianимя(imja), Sanskritनामन्(nāman). Possible cognates outside of Indo-European include Finnishnimi and Hungariannév. Doublet of nomen and noun.
Pronunciation
enPR: nām, IPA(key): /neɪm/
Rhymes: -eɪm
Noun
name (pluralnames)
Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
Synonyms:proper name; see also Thesaurus:name
Reputation.
1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:13:
And David won a name for himself.
An abusive or insulting epithet.
A person (or legal person).
p.2002, second edition of, 2002, Graham Richards, Putting Psychology in its Place, →ISBN, page 287 [1]
Later British psychologists interested in this topic include such major names as Cyril Burt, William McDougall,[…].
2008 edition of, 1998, S. B. Budhiraja and M. B. Athreya, Cases in Strategic Management, →ISBN page 79 [2]:
Would it be able to fight the competition from ITC Agro Tech and Liptons who were ready and able to commit large resources? With such big names as competitors, would this business be viable for Marico?
2009 third edition of, 1998, Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt, Tourism and Sustainability, →ISBN, page 29 [3]:
International non-governmental organisations (INGOs), including such household names as Amnesty International, Greenpeace and[…].
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
Authority; behalf.
(computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
(UK, finance) An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Sranan Tongo: nen
→ Japanese: ネーム(nēmu)
Translations
See also
References
name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishnamen, from Old Englishnamian(“to name, mention”) and ġenamian(“to name, call, appoint”), from Proto-West Germanic*namōn(“to name”). Compare also Old Englishnemnan, nemnian(“to name, give a name to a person or thing”).
Verb
name (third-person singular simple presentnames, present participlenaming, simple past and past participlenamed)
(ditransitive) To give a name to.
(transitive) To mention, specify.
(transitive) To identify as relevant or important
(transitive) To publicly implicate by name.
(transitive, of a person) To disclose the name of.
(transitive) To designate for a role.
Synonym:nominate
(transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.
Synonyms
(give a name to):bename, designate, dub; see also Thesaurus:denominate
(specify):nominate; see also Thesaurus:specify
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanishñame, substituting n for the unfamiliar Spanish letter ñ. Doublet of yam.
Alternative forms
ñame, namé
Noun
name (pluralnames)
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Borrowed from Sanskritनामन्(nāman). Cognate with Englishname.
Noun
name
name
References
"Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High Germanname, from Old High Germannamo.
Noun
name?
(Tredici Comuni) name
References
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
name
(dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of nemen
Noun
name
(archaic) dative singular of naam
Anagrams
amen, mane
Eastern Arrernte
Noun
name
grass
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
Romanization
name
Rōmaji transcription of なめ
Lithuanian
Noun
namem
locative singular of namas
vocative singular of namas
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutchnamo.
Noun
nāmem or f
name
fame, reputation
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
nāmen
Descendants
Dutch: naam
Limburgish: naam, naom
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch*nāma, from Proto-Germanic*nēmō.
Noun
nâmef
taking
receiving
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
nēmen
Descendants
Dutch: name(mostly in compounds)
Further reading
“name”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “name (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “name (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Alternative forms
nome
Etymology
From Old Englishnama, from Proto-West Germanic*namō, from Proto-Germanic*namô, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈnaːm(ə)/
Noun
name (pluralnamesornamen)
name
Related terms
surname
Descendants
English: name
→ Sranan Tongo: nen
→ Japanese: ネーム
Geordie English: nyem
Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
Yola: naame, naume, name
References
“nāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persianنامه(nâme).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /nɑːˈmɛ/
Noun
namef
letter (a document)
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
name
singular optative active of namati(“to bend”)
Volapük
Noun
name
dative singular of nam
Yola
Noun
name
Alternative form of naame
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114
Zazaki
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian*Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥.