nameplate

noun

1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.

   “the nameplate on a locomotive”

   “the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door”

   “No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher.”

   “Mr. K. W. C. Grand, Member of the B.T.C., and formerly General Manager of the Western Region, then unveiled one of the nameplates of No. 92220, to the applause of the large number of railwaymen and guests present.”

   “Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall.”

2. The masthead of a newspaper.