by name

Using their title

By name means using someone's or something's actual name rather than a general reference.

To know someone by name is to know what they're called, though not necessarily to know them personally.

To call someone by name is to address them directly: The teacher called on students by name.

By name can also mean by reputation: I know her by name but we've never met.

Related

reputation · mentioned · title · designated · addressed · explicitly · alias · known · recognition · roll call · summons · singled out · christened · dubbed · labeled · famous · notorious · cited

Categories
Opposites
identification method

by nameanonymously

Without disclosing identity

incognito · in disguise · unidentified · unnamed · nameless

personal knowledge vs. impersonal awareness

by namein passing

Without special attention

secondhand · indirectly · from afar

specificity of reference

by namein general

Considering most cases

collectively · en masse · impersonally · generically · in the abstract

Family

byname

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G