a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing) · a given name (excluding the surname)
köken: Derived from 名 (na, “name”) + 前 (mae, front). Compare the semantics of Latin praenomen. Appears as a term only in the last few centuries, becoming more widely used during the Meiji period. Similarity to English name and other Indo-European words derived from *h₁nómn̥ is coincidental.