Is there a concise term for forgetting names?
I've found definitions for pathologically forgetting words in general (e.g. Anomic aphasia), but nothing that directly defines forgetting names specifically in healthy individuals.
For example, a term to describe when one is introduced to a group of people and does not remember all of their names. Is there an alternative to 'forgetting their names'?
This can relate either to short term memory (forgetting their names right away) or long term memory (once knowing someone's name, but then forgetting it years later).
Best Answer
There is a rare word you can consider: lethonomia. Though, it is used in psychiatry too and it can be part of nominal aphasia.
Etymology of the word: It is derived from letho-, compounding form of Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (cognates: Latin latēre "to lie hidden") and Latin nōmina (nominative plural of nōmen), 'names'.