"whose name is" vs "who's name is"

Question

The word "whose" is the possessive of "who." The word "who's" is the contraction of "who is." Therefore, you would use the phrase "whose name is."

Last Updated: December 10, 2017

You can talk about someone's name with this phrase.

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"Who's" means "who is"; it is not the possessive of "who."

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Answer 1

whose name is

This is correct

Answer 2

This is not correct. Don't use this phrase.