if & is ampersand what is the name for @?

Answer 1

at

Answer 2

From Wikipedia:-
"The at sign (@, read aloud in English as "at") is a typographic symbol most commonly used as an abbreviation in accounting and commercial invoices, in statements such as "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14". More recently, the at symbol has become ubiquitous due to its use in email addresses.

It is often referred to informally as the at symbol, the at sign, the ampersat, or just at. It has the official name commercial at in the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode character encoding standards.

The origin of @ is debated, but is most likely a cursive form of ā, or possibly à (the French word for 'at')."

I have also heard it referred to as a "Drapers 'a'" but can't find any reference to this.

Answer 3

Actually, other than "at sign", there is no generally agreed-upon name for it, but there are a multitude of colloquial or vernacular names for it. Please see the source below for an introduction to this fascinating subject. The quotes in the reference section below come from the summary of this source that currently appears when one google searches "at sign".

Answer 4

It's called a 'commercial at', here's the explanation according to the Oxford Dictionary:

Answer 5

At in English and in French it's called "à rond bas"

Answer 6

at. Which is why when people tell a URL or email address you say someone at yahoo dot com which would be [e-mail]

Answer 7

They symbol is called an "asperand", and stands for "at"

Answer 8

@- commercial at, at the rate of

Answer 9

at

Answer 10

asperand