by name

詞意辨析：

by name, in name

這是兩個與name有關的固定搭配。
by name: （也可說成 by the name of）是箇中性詞組，義：“名叫什麼”，它放在專有名詞之後，以表示你所要說明的人或物的確實名稱。

• The aeronautical engineering institute has built an airplane，“Stingray”by name.
  航空學院製造了一架飛機，名叫“刺 ”。
• There was a great poet China，Qu Yuan by name.
  中國有個偉大的詩人，名叫屈原。
• Someone by the name of Mary wants to see you.
  有個叫瑪麗的要見您。

in name: 是貶義詞，表示“名義上”、“徒有虛名”之意。

• He is a doctor in name only；he stays in the stock exchange all day long.
  他只是名義上是個醫生；他整天在股票交易所里。

　by name

英文解釋：

名詞 by name:

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
   同義詞：nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname

英文字典

例句：

1. The teacher knows all his students by name.
   這位老師叫得出所有學生的名字。
2. Although she didn't mention me by name, I know her remarks were intended for my benefit.
   雖然她沒提到我的名字，但我明白她的話是為我好。
3. He is Jones by name.
   他名叫瓊斯。
4. A strange man, fred by name, come to see me.
   有個名叫弗雷德的陌生人來找我。
5. A strange man, Fred by name, came to see me.
   有個名叫弗雷德的陌生人來找我。