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.name

.name is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for use by individuals for representation of their personal name, nicknames, screen names, pseudonyms, or other types of identification labels.

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Top level domain.restrictions: No prior restriction on registration, but registrations can be challenged if not by or on behalf of an individual with a name similar to that of the domain, or a fictional character in which the registrant has rights
Top level domain.structure: Originally registrations had to be at third level, in form john.smith.name, but later direct second-level registrations were allowed
Top level domain.name: .name
Top level domain.image: DotnameTLDlogo-vrsn.png
Top level domain.type: Generic top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: Verisign
Top level domain.sponsor: None
Top level domain.intendeduse: Personal sites of individuals
Top level domain.actualuse: Mostly used as intended

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==History== The top-level domain was founded by Hakon Haugnes and Geir Rasmussen and initially delegated to Global Name Registry in 2001, and become fully operational in January 2002. Verisign was the outsourced operator for .name since the .name launch in 2002 and acquired Global Name Registry in 2008.