# Name this please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663 "2006-02-02T11:22:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maithri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@maithri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maithri)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/1 "2006-02-02T11:22:20Z")
What is the name of the part that is there below the nose and above the upper lips to be more specific, where we find mustach in males ? ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/2 "2006-02-02T11:27:57Z")
I think that is just called the upper lip. If you mean the groove in the lip, that is called the philtrum. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/3 "2006-02-02T12:01:16Z")
Is there a specific term for the upper lip? Philtrum is the only word I can think of that might be remotely close to what the OP is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/4 "2006-02-02T13:19:55Z")
And in Catholic school, kids are taught that the area has a different name- one that escapes me at the moment- because it’s where the angel touched the child before it was born and told it “shhhh”. Sorry, this post is completely unhelpful… ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/5 "2006-02-02T13:40:42Z")
Everybody knows noisy kids get smacked with a ruler in catholic school. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/6 "2006-02-02T13:53:35Z")
Philtrum I think …? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/7 "2006-02-02T16:11:28Z")
Okay, so the local radio station here has a trivia game they play each day. When I got in my car, I heard the tail end of it…“I’m sorry that’s wrong, the correct answer is philtrum.” Wish I had called in, I would’ve known the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-please/342663/8 "2006-02-02T16:28:57Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I think that is just called the upper lip. > > If you mean the groove in the lip, that is called the philtrum. Or if you’re Douglas Adams, [Des Moines](http://lib.ru/ADAMS/liff.txt).