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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cl^v/2 Marye was aferd of the salutacion of thangel, the whyche sayd Thou shalt..brynge forth a sone, And thou shalt calle hys name Ihesus.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. i. 25 He..called his name Iesus.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iv. vii. f. lxxxxiii^v One speciall prerogatyue and preuiledge of the byshop of Rome is that he may chaung his name, if it seme to him not very pleasaunt to his eares: As if it be a malefactoure he may call his name Bonefacius.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. sig. A4^v But what may I faire Virgin call your name?

1654 List Grand Blasphemers (single sheet) A Goldsmith that did live in the Strand, and after in the City, and then at Eltham; who called his name Theau au John Tany, the High Priest.

1683 J. Dunton Informer's Doom 50 These two when they came together, lived not long without this Son, and when he was born, they called his name Envy-good.

1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady i. 5 Belvil, I think they call his Name.

1773 Oxf. Mag. Apr. 147/1 She was delivered of a son, the fruit's of that night's acquaintance. She called his name Invention.

1836 N. Tucker Partisan Leader I. iii. 31 I don't just rightly know how you high larnt gentlemen call his name, but he is as ugly a varmint as you'd wish to see.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 168 We'll call her name Aurora Leigh, although She's changed since then!

1891 F. E. W. Harper Sketches Southern Life 12 Then we had another President,—What do you call his name? Well, if the colored folks forget him They would'nt be much to blame.

1916 J. B. More Great War Ballads & Myths from Ovid 132 They call my name Acœtes; and Mæonia is the land From whence I came.

2004 R. S. Ingermanson Retribution xv. 120 ‘What is your name called and why have you come?’.. ‘My name is called Rivka.’ Rivka's voice caught. She did not know why she had come.