| Example in Swedish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Men det vi namnar kan vi tämja. | But what we can name, we can tame. |
| Verkar som att varje gång jag namnar någon, tas det ifrån mig. | Seem like every time I name something, somebody take it away from me. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أسمى,سمى | Catalan | anomenar, denominar |
| English | name | Faroese | nevna |
| Finnish | nimetä | French | dénommer, nommer |
| German | benennen, nennen | Greek | κατονομάζω, κατοπτρίζω, κατοστίζω |
| Hungarian | elnevez, meghatároz, megnevez, nevez | Icelandic | nefna |
| Italian | denominare, nomare, nominare | Japanese | 指定, 名付ける, 命名 |
| Latvian | nosaukt | Lithuanian | išvardinti, įvardinti, įvardyti |
| Macedonian | именува, крсти, нарекува | Malay | nama |
| Norwegian | navngi, nevne | Persian | نامیدن |
| Polish | nazwać | Portuguese | apelidar, nomear |
| Romanian | numi | Russian | наименовать, нарекать, наречь |
| Spanish | denominar, nombrar | Vietnamese | dành, đặt tên, sang tên, thành danh |