How to say "name" in Japanese

• 名前なまえJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe default word for 'name' in the sense of what a person, animal, or thing is called; use it when asking someone's name or giving the name of a place or thing.
  あなたの名前なまえはリストからはずされた。↗

  Your name was dropped from the list.
• 名なJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounMeans 'name', often specifically a person's given name as distinct from the family name; it appears in set phrases, but for referring to someone's name it is seldom the word you want — use 名前.
  私はいつまでも彼かれの名なを覚おぼえている。↗

  I still bear his name in mind.
• ネームCommon
  nounThe loanword 'name'. For the name of a person or thing it is seldom the word you want — use 名前; it appears mainly in set phrases and in names printed on clothing or other items.
• 名称めいしょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA name or title in the sense of an official designation; found in documents, forms, and similar writing for the names of things — organizations, products, facilities — rather than of people.
  この会かいの名称めいしょうはＥ．Ｓ．Ｓ．とする。↗

  This association shall be called the E.S.S.
• 名付けるなづけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb 'to name': to give a name to a child, a pet, a ship, or a new product; also used in the sense of calling or terming something.
  彼女かのじょは子猫こねこをジャガーと名付なづけた。↗

  She called the kitten "Jaguar".

Use 名前 for the name of a person or thing, 名 for a given name or in set phrases, 「ネーム」 mainly in set expressions, 名称 for official names of things, and 「名付ける」 for the verb 'to name'.

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• 名前なまえname
• 名なname
• ネームname
• 名称めいしょうname
• 名付けるなづけるto name
• 名義めいぎname (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.)
• 名目めいもくname
• 呼称こしょうname
• 称するしょうするto call
• 称号しょうごうtitle
• お名前おなまえname
• 称えるとなえるto call (by a name)
• 号するごうするto name
• 称しょうname
• 名指すなざすto name
• 名前をつけるなまえをつけるto name
• 宝号ほうごうname (of a buddha or bodhisattva)
• 二字にじtwo characters
• 名辞めいじterm
• 称すしょうすto call
• 称呼しょうこappellation
• 氏名しめい(full) name
• 姓名せいめい(full) name
• 宛名あてなname and address (on an envelope, etc.)
• 言ういうto name
• 看板かんばんreputation (of a shop)
• 呼ぶよぶto designate
• 冠かんむりname
• 名めいname