name English[edit] Word origin 1[edit] From Middle English title , nome , from Old English nama , noma , from Proto-West Germanic *namō , from Proto-Germanic *namô , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ . Cognates feature Saterland Frisian Noome , West Frisian namme , Dutch naam , German Title , Danish navn , Swedish namn , Classical nōmen (whence Spanish nombre ), Russian