name English[edit] Word history 1[edit] From Middle English title , nome , from Old English nama , noma , coming from Proto-West Germanic *namō , coming from Proto-Germanic *namô , coming from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ . Cognates include Saterland Frisian Noome , West Frisian namme , Dutch naam , German Label , Danish navn , Swedish namn , Classical nōmen (whence