What is another name for the scientific name?

Answer 1

The essence of this system of naming is this: each species name is formed out of Latin , and has two parts, the genus name and the species. The two-part name of a species is popularly known as the Latin name. However, biologists and philologists prefer to use the term scientific name rather than "Latin name", because the words used to create these names are not always from the Latin language, even if the words have been Latinized in order to make them suitable. Instead names are often derived from ancient Greek word roots, or words from numerous other languages. Frequently species names are based on the surname of a person, such as a well-regarded scientist, or are a Latinized version of a relevant place name.