nameling

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noun

Any of a group of people sharing the same name

OriginEnglish name ← Middle English name ← Old English nama →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounnameling (plural namelings)

plural namelings

  1. archaicrareAny of a group of people sharing the same name

    […] namelings, people having the same name when […]

    2014, Barbara Ann Kipfer, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About
    1 more example

    Eveline Hill, the protagonist of the Dubliners story "Eveline," for example, successfully extricates herself from the confines of her "Eve" name since, like her nameling in the Garden of Eden who was tempted by promises of knowledge, Eveline, too, is tempted: […]

    1994, Claire A. Culleton, Names and Naming in Joyce

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*namô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*namō
  4. Old Englishnama
  5. Middle Englishname
  6. Englishname
  7. Englishnameling

From name + -ling.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mangelinLingemanmeanling
Cite this entry
APA

nameling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nameling

MLA

“nameling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nameling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nameling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nameling.

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