The term name usually refers to the name of the player character talking to a quest giver when used to describe quest text. i.e "I have a quest for you, <name>. Are you up for it?"
It can also refer to a player character name or fragment of the name when doing a /who
query.
Game Manual[]
Name: The name of your selected target. A tag underneath a name might be a player's guild affiliation.[1]
References[]
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment. "Chapter 3", World of Warcraft: Game Manual, 19.