by the name of
idiom
1
: used to indicate the name that is used for someone or something
Her name is Susan, but she goes by the name of Sue.
2
: having the name : named
Do you know a man by the name of James Smith?
Examples of by the name of in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
When speaking with the police, two of the security guards said that the man was a former employee of Trulieve by the name of Dajahun Massie.
—
Patrick Damp, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Chief among those elements, and chief among the Mangkwan themselves, is a sky-scraping cosmic domme by the name of Varang (Oona Chaplin, going all out), who erupts into this movie with a head full of fire and a power kink that literally brings Quaritch to his knees.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
There have been calls for the team to bench him, and with him currently in concussion protocol, another rookie by the name of Max Brosmer will start on Sunday versus Seattle.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Skip forward to the 1960s, when an upstanding Canadian gentleman by the name of Gerald Bull dials it up to 11 with Project HARP (High Altitude Research Project).
—New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by the name of
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Patrick Damp, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Chief among those elements, and chief among the Mangkwan themselves, is a sky-scraping cosmic domme by the name of Varang (Oona Chaplin, going all out), who erupts into this movie with a head full of fire and a power kink that literally brings Quaritch to his knees.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
There have been calls for the team to bench him, and with him currently in concussion protocol, another rookie by the name of Max Brosmer will start on Sunday versus Seattle.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Skip forward to the 1960s, when an upstanding Canadian gentleman by the name of Gerald Bull dials it up to 11 with Project HARP (High Altitude Research Project).
—New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by the name of
Cite this Entry
“By the name of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20name%20of. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share