I would say pragmatically that a name is personal data as it always has a context from the point of view of a data controller and cannot be considered purely in isolation. The context of the name being the additional information which is in the possession of the data controller which allows identification and meets the definition in the DPA.
Piers
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Subject: [data-protection] Is a name personal data ?
That old chestnut I'm afraid. Is a name on its own personal data ? There is no other information to indicate who this person might be.
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