go by the name of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to use a name that may not be your real one

   I'm looking for a pair of slave traders that go by the name of the Speck Brothers.

In the movies · 2

• This guy goes by the name of Victor. His reaI name is Theodore Allen.Se7en1995
• I'm looking for a pair of slave traders that go by the name of the Speck Brothers.Django Unchained2012
• I'm applying for a new villain loan. Go by the name of Vector.Despicable Me2010
• That's the way it goes that's the name of the game.Straight Outta Compton2015
• Goes by the name of Nick Fisher.Lucky Number Slevin2006
• He goes by the name of Red Hood.Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• Here we go. The next name is... Pigpen!The Peanuts Movie2015
• Goes by the name of Igor Straussman.Victor Frankenstein2015

From the same entry

• by name
• by the name of
• enter name
• give your name to
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• in God's name
• in the name of
• in name only
• name is mud
• the name of the game
• a name to conjure with