named

The word “named” means given a specific name or identity. In plain terms, having been assigned a particular name.

“Named” is pronounced naymd (/neɪmd/ in IPA).

Here is “named” used in a sentence: “The named suspect was later released without charge.”

“Named” is an adjective.

“Named” is a very common word in modern English.

'Named' means something or someone has been given a specific name or identity, so it can be clearly identified, as in 'a dog named Rex'. 'Nameless' is its opposite: having no name, or being deliberately left unidentified, as in 'a nameless stranger'. Named things are known; nameless ones stay anonymous.

To be named after someone means you were given the same name to honour or remember them. A child named after a grandparent carries that name on purpose. The same applies to places and things, such as a street named after a hero or a discovery named after its scientist.

In contracts and policies, a 'named' party is one specifically listed by name rather than covered in general terms. A named insured, named beneficiary or named driver is explicitly identified in the document, which gives them defined rights or cover that unnamed parties do not automatically receive.