• Given name
  Given name
  A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
  
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• Surname
  Surname
  A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
  
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• Clan name
  Clan name
  Clan name may refer to one of the following:*Chinese clan, large family and social groupings sharing clan names and temples.*Polish clan name, a traditional element of Polish social nomenclature, in addition to Christian names and surnames....
  
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• Matronyms
• Patronyms
• Teknonyms
• Nickname
  Nickname
  A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
  
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• Ethnonym
  Ethnonym
  An ethnonym is the name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms and autonyms or endonyms .As an example, the ethnonym for...
  
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  • Autonyms/Endonyms
  • Exonyms

See also

• Suffix onym
  -onym
  The suffix onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name," and words ending in onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are classical compounds. For example, an acronym is a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts...
  
  
• Toponymy
  Toponymy
  Toponymy is the scientific study of place names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos and ónoma . Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds...
  
  
• Personal name
  Personal name
  A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
  
  
• Onomastics
  Onomastics
  Onomastics or onomatology is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The words are from the Greek: "ὀνομαστικός" , "of or belonging to naming" and "ὀνοματολογία" , from "ὄνομα" "name". Toponymy or toponomastics, the study of place names, is one of the principal branches of...