名 and 名前 - the difference


My impression is that, in speech, 名前 is polite, and 名 is ruder - but in
writing, 名 sounds more literary. Am I correct?




名前 is just "name", and sometimes お名前 is used in polite conversation, but 名
would not be used in conversation. In literature you might see it like 彼の名は～～
but it sounds good only in a story context, not conversation unless you intend
to sound like you are narrating something in a joking manner.

In school, when we would go to the teacher's room, sometimes teachers would
tell us to 名乗れ！ meaning "Say your name" if we didn't greet properly. But I
have never heard 名 being used for anything else.




名前 is just "name", and sometimes お名前 is used in polite conversation, but 名
would not be used in conversation. In literature you might see it like 彼の名は～～
but it sounds good only in a story context, not conversation unless you intend
to sound like you are narrating something in a joking manner.

In school, when we would go to the teacher's room, sometimes teachers would
tell us to 名乗れ！ meaning "Say your name" if we didn't greet properly. But I
have never heard 名 being used for anything else.

