name(外文名),中文译作“名字”,是英语中具有多重词性的词汇。作为名词时表示名称、姓名、名誉;作及物动词时包含命名、提名、任命、指定等含义;形容词用法指与姓名相关或据以取名的;其缩写形式可表示北美英语(NAmE)。该词在漫画创作中专指分镜大纲,需通过编辑审核方可成为正式原稿。在西方命名体系中,first name指代个人名,surname表示家族姓氏,Christian name常用于基督教国家指代教名,forename则为正式文件中的用词。
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v. nominate identify
n. title label tag appellation
your first name (US often given name) is, in English-speaking countries, the name given to you by your parents at birth. 在说英语的国家中first name(美语常作given name)是名字,是在出生时父母给取的。
the name common to your family is your family name or, more usually,
surname.姓是family name, 多作surname. in Christian countries, Christian name is often used for first name. 在基督教国家中,常以
教名(Christian name)为名(first name)。
forename, also meaning first name, is formal and is often found on documents, application forms, etc. forename 也是first name, 但用法较庄重,常见于文件、申请表格等中。