in the name of sb / sth | in sb's / sth's ˈname
1.
for sb; showing that sth officially belongs to sb :
We reserved two tickets in the name of Brown.
The car is registered in my name.
2.
using the authority of sb/sth; as a representative of sb/sth :
I arrest you in the name of the law.
3.
used to give a reason or an excuse for doing sth, often when what you are doing is wrong :
crimes committed in the name of religion