to one's name

Idioms  

1. Owned by one, as in He has not got a nickel to his name, or She has only one pair of shoes to her name. This idiom was first recorded in 1876.

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to one's name

The Doctors Doctor On Demand; whether the trait of clumsiness is tied to one’s name; stopping digital drain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2021

It taught me the value of being explicit as to one's name.

From A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler

All that has been accomplished is the displacement of the objective point; the desire, the mania for a handle to one’s name is as prevalent as ever. 

From Worldly Ways and Byways by Eliot Gregory

Nothing is simpler, nowadays, than to get permission to add to one's name the name of some estate, or forest, or even the name of a meadow, or a bit of land of any sort.

From Renée Mauperin by Alys Hallard

A title to one's name, a red ribbon, or something else, what are they but baubles, unless there is more?

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by James Milne

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