3,604 Quotes About Names

Cole Thomas.’ The name, like an incantation, was on her lips.

In his head he felt the confused whirling of images seeking a name. Words, sounds, surged up inside him, clean and clear, and settled on everything around him. He named, and saw what he named recognize itself.

A name is one of those things one can give away and keep all the same.

A named thing is a tamed thing.

If you name things, then you treat them better.

Don’t you want to know my name?” the boy asks.“Names are not of nearly as much import as people like to suppose,” the man in the grey suit says. “A label assigned to identify you either by this institution or your departed parents is neither of interest nor value to me. If you find you are in need of a name at any point, you may choose one for yourself. For now it will not be necessary.

So be it. In my mind the beginning of a life, especially if it seems destined to be a challenging one, deserves the most promising name you can come up with. A beginning kind of name. Like Dawn, Or Hope. Or Aurora.

We'll call you... Ram. Wait - don't we have a Ram in this class? I don't want any confusion, it'll be Balram. You know who Balram was, don't you?""No, sir.""He was the sidekick of the god Krishna. Know what my name is?""No, sir.""He laughed. "Krishna.

Some people think what you’re supposed to do in life is fill yourself up with loads of things like names, the more the better. But that’s not how it works.