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Meanings of common name in English

Russian
разговорное название
Portuguese
nome comum
Spanish
nombre comun
Catalan
nom comú

Name generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)

    разговорное название
    Spanish
    nombre trivial

    Generic name used to name an item, name an object, etc.

          nombre trivial
          Usage of common name in English
          1
          The pouch has given Impatiens glandulifera one English common name, policeman's helmet.
          The Irish Times
          2
          Despite his relatively common name, Matthew Harrison was easy to track down.
          The Silent Sister
          3
          It was a common name, so I'd never thought of Ryan's partner.
          Fatal Voyage
          4
          Barlow was a fairly common name, and Manhattan was a big place.
          All the pretty dead girls
          5
          You will no doubt wonder why it carries such a common name.
          Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills
          6
          You might know it by its more common name, the Black Cauldron.
          Walking dead
          7
          That's why the common name for one's power animal is a kinship sign.
          The Shelters of Stone
          8
          Apparently van Rensburg is quite a common name in South Africa.'
          Silks
          9
          Tadhg, or Tadc as it was often written: a common name.
          The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
          10
          Their movement in the wind leads to their other common name, the windflower.
          The Irish Times
          11
          He didn't say anything specific about him, but it's not a common name.
          The girl who played with fire
          12
          It is a common name in Bengal- avileHindu; an unbeliever-
          In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
          13
          A single woman with a common name on crowded flights is probably best.
          The bourne ultimatum
          14
          A common name for rogues and scoundrels in the eighteenth century.
          Outlander
          15
          Ahmed was a common name in this part of the world.
          Wild Storm
          16
          The translator used a number of less common name forms and variant spellings:
          The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII