Oxford Dictionary English household name nounnoun BrE BrE//ˌhaʊshəʊld ˈneɪm// ; NAmE NAmE//ˌhaʊshoʊld ˈneɪm// (less frequent household word) Celebrity news Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsa name that has become very well known She became a household name in the 1960s. See related entries: Celebrity newsSee household name in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: household name oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com