俗ぞく名みょう

noun

common name; popular name; secular name

Refers to a name used in everyday life, as opposed to a formal, religious, or literary name. In Buddhist contexts, it can mean the name a person had before ordination. The gloss 'bad reputation' is a rare, archaic usage.

• この植しょく物ぶつの俗ぞく名みょうは「猫ねこじゃらし」です。

  The common name for this plant is 'cat teaser'.

• 彼かれの俗ぞく名みょうは山やま田だ太た郎ろうだが、戒かい名みょうは別べつにある。

  His secular name is Taro Yamada, but he has a separate Buddhist name.