what's in a name

== English == === Etymology === Coined by William Shakespeare in 1597 in "Romeo and Juliet," act 2, scene 2: What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet. === Phrase === what's in a name? Used to argue that something's name is arbitrary and does not give any information as to its qualities; the names of things do not affect what they really are. === Further reading === “what’s in a name”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.