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
Ingeburg	ING-e-buwrk (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Mary	['mɛəri]
Kusuma	koo-SOO-mah	Indonesian
Nadim	-	Arabic, Urdu
Paavali	PAH:-vah-lee	Finnish
Adriaan	AHD-ree-ah:n	Dutch