'Name' in the Bible

And from there he went up against the people of Debir. (Now the name of Debir in earlier times was Kiriath-sepher.)

And Judah went with Simeon, his brother, and overcame the Canaanites living in Zephath, and put it under the curse; and he gave the town the name of Hormah.

So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

And they gave that place the name of Bochim, and made offerings there to the Lord.

Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true we may give you honour?

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.