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Classic generic extensionSince 2001

.name domain registration

The extension of personal names: an address in your own name, for personal email that stays with you whenever you change jobs or providers, and for a page about you and what you do.

Score card

.name in six cells

Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.

Trust
4 out of 5
Easy to remember
4 out of 5
Global reach
2 out of 5
Price stability
5 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .name

.name entered the internet’s root in 2001, and its name is the word name itself; its meaning speaks to individuals by their names: a page about you and your work, a professional résumé, and personal email read as it’s said, first name then family name, so no one asks whose address it is.

Its manager in the IANA record is VeriSign Information Services, Inc., and it supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic. Its price with us is the same for the first year and every renewal, and among the lowest of our generic extensions, so it suits an address you keep for life.

But know that it is less known than .com and .me, so some people have never seen it and may take it for a typo. That is why it serves you better in email and on a résumé, where the address is read in writing, than in an ad or on a sign.

Type
Classic generic extension (gTLD)
In the root since
August 17, 2001
Name’s origin
name
Responsible body
VeriSign Information Services, Inc.
Who may register
Anyone, for their own personal name
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .name the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .name says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • Lifelong personal email

    Excellent · The first choice

    An address in your name that stays with you whenever you change jobs or email providers, and can only be read as yours.

    Register it with.name.me

  • A résumé or portfolio

    Good · A good fit

    A link in your name on your résumé and job applications, leading to your work and read as it’s said.

    Register it with.name.com

  • A freelancer known by name

    Good · A good fit

    Freelance designers and translators are known to clients by name, so their address is their name; add .pro to say their profession.

    Register it with.name.pro

  • A personal blog

    Good · A good fit

    It suits what you write under your name; if you want a lighter extension for the blog itself, .blog says it outright.

    Register it with.name.blog

  • A personal page in Arabic

    Good · A good fit

    Your address is your name in Arabic letters, as family and friends in Bahrain write it, with the same name in Latin letters beside it for those who know you around the world.

    Register it with.name.com

  • A company or brand

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The extension says “person,” while a company needs an address that says “business” and that customers trust.

    Register it with.com.co

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Email that stays with you

    mail@nadim-attar.name is your address for as long as you renew it, unchanged when you change jobs or providers.

  • Your identity online

    A page in your name that gathers your résumé, your work and ways to reach you.

  • Your name as it is

    First and family name together, so your name is easier to find free than in .com.

  • Protect your name

    Register it before someone with the same name, or someone impersonating you, does.

And where its value shows

In your email signature

Your personal address, written once and kept.

On your résumé

A link in your name leading to your work.

On your social profiles

One link in your bio that gathers all you do.

On the business card

Your name itself is the address, no explaining.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01A clear meaning: your own name
  • 02Your full name is easier to find free than in .com
  • 03Personal email that doesn’t change when your job or provider does
  • 04One price with us every year, among our lowest-priced generic extensions
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Less known, and some people may take it for a typo
  • 02Doesn’t suit a company or a store
  • 03Less present in ads and speech than .com and .me

Rules

Registration terms for .name

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, for their own personal name
Documents
None required
Name length
Up to 63 characters
Characters
a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)
Registration term
1 to 10 years
DNSSEC
Supported
Privacy protection
Optional, for a separate fee
Transfer
60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term

Life cycle

From registration until the name is free again

What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Your name as you write it in your signaturePick the form you use on your résumé and in your email, so those who know you by it find you.
  2. 2Your name in both scriptsRegister your name in Arabic letters and in Latin ones, so people near and far find you.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

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FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .name

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  • $15 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.

  • Anyone, for their own personal name only: their real name, nickname or pen name. It isn’t checked at registration, but a name that isn’t its holder’s can be challenged.

  • Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.

  • We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.

  • Yes. The body responsible for .name has an Arabic table in IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN), so the name is written in Arabic and stored in a form that begins with xn--.

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