ABSTRACT
A proper name designates the condensation of the personal presence operated by a singular word in the midst of language forms. For the Eskimos, a being that has not received a name is not considered a human person, to the extreme that a newborn that has not received a name may be suppressed without this being considered murder. M. A. Ouaknin and D. Rotnemer consider that the name has essentially three functions: identification, filiation, and project. The need to keep secret one of the names is a characteristic common to many peoples, for whom it is still a valid custom. The act of naming enables the child to enter the order of human relations. The perforating intrusion of the name produces an implosion in the coalescence of signs. The name designates the person in that person's singular and immutable transcendence, and also consecrates the person's originality. The war name protects both the hero and the community.
