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?
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Social media fact-checking: Alternatively, stock up for a Twitter account by the name of @EpicNormie_.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
That letter to no one winds up on the desk of a young woman working at the Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department in the London War Office by the name of Julia Moriston.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Polly is at the wedding, as is Auggie (wearing yellow Crocs), and Linnea (still pissed), and another French ex-lover by the name of Wheezy, along with seemingly every woman Felix has ever had a romantic attachment to.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
In 2011, his first year in business, a horse by the name of Sweet Cat finished second in the JPMorgan Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland.
—Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
That letter to no one winds up on the desk of a young woman working at the Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department in the London War Office by the name of Julia Moriston.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Polly is at the wedding, as is Auggie (wearing yellow Crocs), and Linnea (still pissed), and another French ex-lover by the name of Wheezy, along with seemingly every woman Felix has ever had a romantic attachment to.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
In 2011, his first year in business, a horse by the name of Sweet Cat finished second in the JPMorgan Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland.
—Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“By the name of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20name%20of. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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