---
title: Name
id: name
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names
short_description: >
  A client-provided string that refers to an object in a resource URL, such as `/api/v1/pods/some-name`.

aka: 
tags:
- fundamental
---
 A client-provided string that refers to an object in a resource URL, such as `/api/v1/pods/some-name`.

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Only one object of a given kind can have a given name at a time. However, if you delete the object, you can make a new object with the same name.

