True name
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For the novel, see True Names. For legal concept, see Legal name. For the philosophical concept, see Proper name (philosophy). For The MS-DOS computer command, see List of DOS commands § TRUENAME.
A true name is a name of a thing or being that expresses, or is somehow identical to, its true nature. The notion that language, or some specific sacred language, refers to things by their true names has been central to philosophical study as well as various traditions of magic, religious invocation and mysticism (mantras) since antiquity.[1][2]