Nomen may refer to: *

Nomen gentilicium The (; or simply ) was a hereditary name borne by the peoples of Roman Italy and later by the citizens of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It was originally the name of one's (family or clan) by Patrilineality, patrilineal descent. Howeve ...

, the middle part of Ancient Roman names ** ''Nomen est omen'', a Latin quote about

nominative determinism Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work or interest that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine ''New Scientist'' in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column no ...

Nomen (ancient Egypt) The nomen of ancient Egyptian pharaohs was one of the " great five names". It was introduced by king Djedefre, third pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, as an emendation to the traditional ''nswt-bity'' crest. The nomen was later separated from the pre ...

, the personal name of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs * Jaume Nomen (born 1960), Catalan astronomer *''Nomen'', Latin for

noun In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. A noun may serve as an Object (grammar), object or Subject (grammar), subject within a p ...

*Nomen, part of the

FRSAD Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD), previously known as Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR), is a conceptual entity-relationship model developed by the International Federation of Library Associatio ...

library model

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