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Name comes from Old English nama ‘name’, from Proto-Germanic *namô ‘name’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥¹‘name’reconstructed
2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*namô¹‘name’reconstructed
3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*namō¹‘name’reconstructed
4. Old Englishc. 450–1150nama¹‘name’
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500name¹
6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1595name¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English name
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet: “That which we call a rose By any other…”.