A specialization of lexical word. Each instance of this collection is a (proper) name -- a word by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others -- for e.g. Cassandra-TheName, Sidney-TheName. Note that this collection contains names not just for people, but for other nameable entities (such as pets, intelligent computer programs...). However, the most notable specializations of this collection are given name and surname. For a representation of the actual string of letters which makes up any given name, see proper name string and its specializations (and see Name Spelling for relating the two).