name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A surname.
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
A surname from Dutch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Iowa, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A German or Austrian count (nobleman).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncommon
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A paragraph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tennis player
History
Etymology
* As a German and Jewish surname, from graf (“count”). * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Graef.
From German Graf (“count”). Doublet of graaf and grave.