name cards

Table seat markers

Name cards are small cards bearing a person's name, used for identification or introduction.

At formal events, name cards mark assigned seating: She found her name card at the head table.

In business contexts, the term overlaps with business cards, especially in Asian English.

Name cards also appear on office doors, hotel welcome desks, or conference badges.

Opposites
identification method

name cardsbadges

Worn symbols of status

anonymity · open seating · blank cards · facelessness · QR codes

anonymity vs. identification

name cardsanonymity

Unknown identity state

namelessness · incognito · faceless crowd · pseudonyms · concealed identity

Family

name, card, names, cards, named, naming, nameless, namely, rename

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G