go by the name of

go by the name (of)

To use the specific name (that is then stated). My daughter Margaret has now decided that she goes by the name Calliope. I'm looking for a man who goes by the name of Whitaker. Do you know him?
See also: by, go, name
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go by the name of something

to be known by a specific name. She goes by the name of Gladys George. I used to go by the name of George.
See also: by, go, name, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • go by the name (of)
  • go by the name of...
  • go under the name of
  • go under the name of (something)
  • God willing
  • God willing and the creek don’t rise
  • God willing and the creek don't rise
  • willing
  • (the good) Lord willing and the creek don't rise
  • creek
References in classic literature
Nay, and he told me, too, that the squire had maintained him as his own son, thof he had quarrelled with him now."--"And if his name be Jones, he told you the truth," said the barber; "for I have relations who live in that country; nay, and some people say he is his son."--"Why doth he not go by the name of his father?"--"I can't tell that," said the barber; "many people's sons don't go by the name of their father."--"Nay," said the landlady, "if I thought he was a gentleman's son, thof he was a bye-blow, I should behave to him in another guess manner; for many of these bye-blows come to be great men, and, as my poor first husband used to say, never affront any customer that's a gentleman."
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"But on the seventh day I like to get in touch with my feminine side and go by the name of Molly."
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Apparently, he sent out a text just after the birth that read: "He shall go by the name of Donovan Rory MacDonald Gallagher and he will be a legend." I don't doubt it.
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We are the only people who go by the name of Mike Davies who live in Pengwern, Llangollen.
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