personal name
"personal-name" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“personal name” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-personal-name · personal name · English
personal name · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | personal name |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “personal name” in English
Rare enough to double-check
personal name is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.".
personal name doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is personal name, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L- -N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how personal name appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An example of this is the word Os—'a god', which was often used as an initial element in OE personal names, but is hardly ever found in independent use[…]
Synonyms
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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.