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CommonName[entity]

gives the common name for the entity specified by entity.

CommonName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the common name for entity1 through entityn.

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CommonName

CommonName[entity]

gives the common name for the entity specified by entity.

CommonName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the common name for entity1 through entityn.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Get the common name of an entity:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[Entity["Country", "UnitedStates"]]

Get the common names of properties:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[Take[EntityProperties["Aircraft"], 5]]

Scope  (4)

Find the common name of an entity:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[Entity["Pokemon", "Pokedex0025:Pikachu"]]

Some common names exist in more than one entity type:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[Entity["Movie", "GoneWithTheWind::55mm5"]]
Wolfram Language code: CommonName[Entity["Book", "GoneWithTheWind"]]

Find the common names of a list of entities:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[{Entity["Surface", "BarthSextic"], Entity["Surface", "BoySurface"], Entity["Surface", "BuggleSurface"], Entity["Surface", "CitrusSurface"], Entity["Surface", "CornerCushionSurface"], Entity["Surface", "CrixxiSurface"], Entity["Surface", "DaisySurface"], Entity["Surface", "EveSurface"], Entity["Surface", "HeartSurface"], Entity["Surface", "HuntSurface"], Entity["Surface", "IceBagSurface"], Entity["Surface", "LeopoldSurface"], Entity["Surface", "LimaoSurface"], Entity["Surface", "MushroomSurface"], Entity["Surface", "NepaliSurface"], Entity["Surface", "PlopSurface"], Entity["Surface", "RoundedCubeSurface"], Entity["Surface", "SeahorseSurface"], Entity["Surface", "SineSurface"], Entity["Surface", "StarSurface"], Entity["Surface", "Steinmetz3Cylinders"], Entity["Surface", "SubwaySurface"], Entity["Surface", "ThistleSurface"], Entity["Surface", "TwilightSurface"]}]

Find the common name of an entity property:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[EntityProperty["Graph", "VertexCount"]]
Wolfram Language code: CommonName[EntityProperty["Country", "Population"]]

Find the common name of an entity class:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[EntityClass["Solid", "Convex"]]
Wolfram Language code: CommonName[EntityClass["Chemical", "Alkanes"]]

Possible Issues  (1)

The common name of an implicitly defined entity class is typically not defined:

Wolfram Language code: CommonName[EntityClass["Country", {EntityProperty["Country", "BoundaryLength"] -> TakeLargest[10]}]]
Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "CommonName." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). CommonName. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_commonname, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CommonName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_commonname, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CommonName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}