folk name
Informal traditional label
A folk name is an informal or traditional name for something, as opposed to its official or scientific designation.
Plants and animals often have folk names that vary by region: what one community calls a daddy longlegs another might call a harvestman.
Folk names arise from everyday observation and local custom rather than systematic classification.
- bynameSecondary name or epithet
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- sobriquetDescriptive informal name
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
appellation · regionalism · colloquialism · localism · alias · epithet · old wives' tale · handed down · word of mouth · tag · title · peasant · demonym · homebred · nomenclature · lineage · heritage · rustic
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, last names
- ethnonymsexonym, demonym
folk namescientific name
Formal species designation
Latin name · official name · proper name · technical term · botanical name
name, folk, folklore, nameless, folksy, namesake, folktale, folkie, folksong