Resource name constraints (1) (#19106)

xref: #17969, #19099, #18746

content/en/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names.md

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 reviewers:
 - mikedanese
 - thockin
-title: Names
+title: Object Names and IDs
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-
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 ## Names
 
 {{< glossary_definition term_id="name" length="all" >}}
 
-Kubernetes resources can have names up to 253 characters long. The characters allowed in names are: digits (0-9), lower case letters (a-z), `-`, and `.`.
+Below are three types of commonly used name constraints for resources.
+
+### DNS Subdomain Names
+
+Most resource types require a name that can be used as a DNS subdomain name
+as defined in [RFC 1123](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123).
+This means the name must:
+
+- contain no more than 253 characters
+- contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.'
+- start with an alphanumeric character
+- end with an alphanumeric character
+
+### DNS Label Names
+
+Some resource types require their names to follow the DNS
+label standard as defined in [RFC 1123](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123).
+This means the name must:
+
+- contain at most 63 characters
+- contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters or '-'
+- start with an alphanumeric character
+- end with an alphanumeric character
+
+### Path Segment Names
+
+Some resource types require their names to be able to be safely encoded as a
+path segment. In other words, the name may not be "." or ".." and the name may
+not contain "/" or "%".
 
 Here’s an example manifest for a Pod named `nginx-demo`.
 
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     - containerPort: 80
 ```
 
+
 {{< note >}}
 Some resource types have additional restrictions on their names.
 {{< /note >}}