Used to introduce an alternative name for a person, place, or thing. Often appears in the pattern ～のまたの名 or またの名を～という.
He is also known as 'the genius'.
This flower is also called 'Queen of the Night'.
Standard kana-kanji mixed spelling; the most common written form.
Kanji spelling using 又; less common but still encountered.
A phrase composed of またの (adnominal form of 又, 'again, also') and 名 (name). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it has been used as a set expression for 'another name' since at least the Edo period.