name names
"name-names" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“name names” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-name-names · name names · English
name names · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | name names |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “name names” in English
Rare enough to double-check
name names is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for name names, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is name names, spelled N-A-M-E- -N-A-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how name names appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Pr'ythee, peace, man," said Avenel; "what need of naming names, so we understand each other? [...]"
They named names—names which I shall not record here.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.