"Calling people names" is using rude words to address people. Example: "You are a jerk!" Reply: "You don't have to call me names." Another example: "You shouldn't call people names." Another example: "I would never date someone who called me names."

You call a person names when you use rude words to insult that person. Example: "What a fight they were having. You should have heard the names he called her." Another example: "Just because you're angry, you don't have to call me names."

When you use impolite words to address people, you are "calling people names." Example: "Mom! She is calling me names!" Another example: "When we were children, we used to call each other names."