The name is the portion of the global variable name without subscripts. More than one name can map to a single region, but a single name can only map to one region.
A name:
Maps to only one region in the Global Directory.
Is case sensitive.
Must begin with an alphabetic character or a percent sign (%).
Can be one to 31 alphanumeric characters.
Can be a discrete "global" name, for example, aaa corresponds to the global variable ^aaa.
Can be a partial name ending with a wild card ("*"), for example, abc* represents all globals beginning with the letters ^abc.