Named or Called I'd like to understand the difference between "called" and "named".For example:Last week I booked a flat in a village called Valdaora. Is it right? I have to say "...a village named Va

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Named or Called

I'd like to understand the difference between "called" and "named".

For example:

Last week I booked a flat in a village called Valdaora. Is it right? I have to say "...a village named Valdaora"

example 2

I have a friend named Marco or called Marco (Marco is the name)

Jul 8, 2020 1:30 PM

Comments · 4

A really interesting question I hadn't really thought of this as a British person

But in practice anything that has a name such as a person or a place can be either called or named

But an object such as a paperclip will only ever be "called" a paperclip as its not a name just a word for the object, unless the paperclip was named Henry etc

July 8, 2020

OK. Thanks, it's clear!!! :-)

July 8, 2020

It can be tricky. A person is "named" at birth and that is always their name. But a person could be "called" something else like a nickname. The same thing happens with a place; it is named something but possibly could be called something else. An object or an idea is almost always "called" something.

July 8, 2020

I'd say that "named" is formal. So you'd say "My friend is named Marco Enzo Rossi" because it's his official name, but you'd also say "My friend is called Marco" because you call him that.

July 8, 2020