@alexa/ask-expressions-spec/docs/schemas/name.md

The JSON Schema specification for the Alexa Skills Kit Intermediate Representation (ASKIR).

# Name Schema

```txt
https://amazonalexa.com/ask/2020/12/Name
```

A name.

| Abstract            | Extensible | Status         | Identifiable            | Custom Properties | Additional Properties | Access Restrictions | Defined In                                                  |
| :------------------ | :--------- | :------------- | :---------------------- | :---------------- | :-------------------- | :------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Can be instantiated | No         | Unknown status | Unknown identifiability | Forbidden         | Allowed               | none                | [Name.json](../../schemas/Name.json "open original schema") |

## Name Type

`string` ([Name](name.md))

## Name Constraints

**pattern**: the string must match the following regular expression: 

```regexp
^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$
```

[try pattern](https://regexr.com/?expression=%5E%5Ba-zA-Z_%5D%5Ba-zA-Z0-9_%5D*%24 "try regular expression with regexr.com")

## Name Examples

```json
"foo"
```

```json
"bar"
```

```json
"person"
```

```json
"foo1"
```