名前(なまえ)

名前(なまえ) is the general word for name.

Forms

名(な) (name) + 前(まえ) (front) – literally "the front name."

Cultural note

Family name (名字(みょうじ)/苗字(みょうじ)) comes before given name (下(した)の名前(なまえ)).

Common expressions

• お名前(なまえ)は?: What is your name? (polite)
• 名前(なまえ)を呼(よ)ぶ: to call someone's name
• 名前(なまえ)を覚(おぼ)える: to remember a name
• 名前(なまえ)を付(つ)ける: to give a name
• 名前(なまえ)負(ま)け: not living up to one's name

Related words

• 名字(みょうじ)/苗字(みょうじ): surname, family name
• 下(した)の名前(なまえ): first name, given name
• 本名(ほんみょう): real name
• 偽名(ぎめい): false name
• 名札(なふだ): name tag
• 名刺(めいし): business card

Related: 名(な) is the shorter literary form for "name."