tell by

tell someone or something by something

to identify someone or something by something. You can tell Jim by the old-fashioned shoes he wears. I can tell the new season's fashions by how short the skirts are.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Downing	[dauniŋ]
Iseult	i-SOOLT (English), i-ZOOLT (English), EE-səlt (English)	Arthurian Romance
Atropos	-	Greek Mythology
Sharla	SHAHR-lə	English
Sohail	-	Urdu
Obed	O-bed (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek