3,604 Quotes About Names

Names are strange and special gifts. There are names you give to yourself and names you show to the world, names that stay for a short while and names that remain with you forever, names that come from things you do and names that you receive as presents from other people. If your name is true, it is who you are.

People make all kinds of assumptions when it comes to names, especially when a name isn’t from around here, when they don’t have a clue about how to pronounce it, let alone spell it.

In Wyoming they name girls Skye. In Newfoundland it's Wavey.

I have as many names as there are winds, as many titles as there are ways to die.

Theobald had proposed to call him George after old Mr Pontifex, but strange to say, Mr Pontifex over-ruled him in favour of the name Ernest. The word 'earnest' was just beginning to come into fashion, and he thought the possession of such a name might, like his having been baptised in water from the Jordan, have a permanent effect upon the boy’s character, and influence him for good during the more critical periods of his life.

A name had a lifespan like anything else.

I wish people didn’t call them that. Trolls… They aren’t mythical creatures. You can’t look up how to defeat them in the Monster Manual. There are no critical hits, no saving rolls. They aren’t make-believe. They’re real. And they’re assholes.

A person should have several names throughout life, and a secret name as well.

My name is Attila.’ ah-til-ha.‘That’s an unusual name,’ Jean said.‘to whom?’ replied Attila cheerfully.‘Well . . . everyone,’ said Jean.‘not to the Hungarians or the Turks,’ said Attila.‘your parents named you after Attila the Hun?’Attila smiled. ‘Some people,’ he said, ‘name their baby girls Victoria.