"good name" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: good names [plural]
Etymology: From good + name. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|good|name}} good + name Head templates: {{en-noun}} good name (plural good names)
  1. Credit, honour, regard, reputation.
    Sense id: en-good_name-en-noun-r7d-1hPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
  2. (South Asia, respectful) name Tags: South-Asia Related terms: your good name Translations (good name): ခိုဟ်ယၟု (khiuhymu) (Mon), ကျာ်သြဳ (kyāksrī) (Mon)
    Sense id: en-good_name-en-noun-gqNTf~Db Categories (other): South Asian English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'good name': 9 91

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for good name meaning in English (3.0kB)

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