- 名前【なまえ】 - name, given name, first name 
- 有名【ゆうめい】 - famous, fame 
- 名誉【めいよ】 - honor, honour, credit, glory, fame, distinction, prestige, dignity, reputation, honor, good name, honorary (e.g. president, doctorate) 
- 署名【しょめい】 - signature 
- 本名【ほんみょう】 - real name 
- 名案【めいあん】 - good idea 
- 有名人【ゆうめいじん】 - celebrity, famous person, public figure, big name 
- 名乗る【なのる】 - to give one's name (as), to introduce oneself (as), to claim to be, to call oneself, to wear the title of, to reveal oneself (as), to admit to being, to adopt as one's name, to take (a name), to call out the goods one is selling 
- 名人【めいじん】 - master, expert 
- あだ名【あだな】 - nickname 
- 指名【しめい】 - naming, nominating, designating, calling on, asking for, requesting 
- 名刺【めいし】 - business card 
- 名簿【めいぼ】 - register of names, list of names, roll, register, roster 
- 名声【めいせい】 - fame, reputation, renown 
- 無名【むめい】 - nameless, unnamed, anonymous, unsigned, obscure, unknown, not famous, causeless, unjustifiable 
- 匿名【とくめい】 - anonymity, using an assumed name 
- 別名【べつめい】 - another name, different name, synonym, alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume 
- 名付ける【なづける】 - to name, to call, to christen, to term 
- 指名手配【しめいてはい】 - putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list 
- 名義【めいぎ】 - name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.), moral duty, justification, pretext