Etymology

 The word name comes from 

1. Old English nama; 
2. cognate with Old High German (OHG) namo, 
3. Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), 
4. Latin nomen, 
5. Greek ὄνομα (onoma), 
6. Persian نام (nâm), from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *h₁nómn̥.
7. Outside Indo-European, it can be connected to Proto-Uralic *nime.

Major

 Major naming conventions include:

• In astronomy, astronomical naming conventions
• In biology, binomial nomenclature
• In chemistry, chemical nomenclature
• In classics, Roman naming conventions
• In computer programming, identifier naming conventions
• In computer networking, computer naming schemes
• In planetary science, planetary nomenclature
• In sciences generally, systematic names for a variety of things

humans

 

Names of humans (anthroponyms)

Name of ...	Name of name
Full name of a person	Personal name
First name of a person	Given name
Family name	Surname
Residents of a locality	Demonym
Ethnic group	Ethnonym
False or assumed name	Pseudonym
Pseudonym of an author	Pen name
Pseudonym of a performer	Stage name
Other names	-onym-suffixed words

Names of non-human entities

Name of a...	Name of name
Any geographical object	Toponym
Body of water	Hydronym
Mountain or hill	Oronym
Region or country	Choronym
Any inhabited locality	Econym
Village	Comonym
Town or city	Astionym
Cosmic object	Cosmonym
Star	Astronym
Other names	-onym-suffixed words