call outta one's name

A form of call out of one's name — To call someone by a name other than their actual name; to misname.

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Meanings

verbcall outta one's name (third-person singular simple present calls outta one's name, present participle calling outta one's name, simple past and past participle called outta one's name)

present singular third person calls outta one's name · participle present calling outta one's name · participle past called outta one's name · past called outta one's name

  1. alternativeAlternative form of call out of one's name.

    Because of this, there would always be problems with someone's parents for “Calling dem outta dey name!”

    2012, Seymour Tally Davis, The McKnight I Knew, page 30
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    It was not a way of calling a Black person outta they name but used simply as a way of referring to a person who was racially Black.

    2012, H. Samy Alim, Geneva Smitherman, Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.
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APA

call outta one's name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20outta%20one's%20name

MLA

“call outta one's name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20outta%20one's%20name. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call outta one's name,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20outta%20one's%20name.

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