# Instance name restrictions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-restrictions/203334>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-restrictions/203334 "2006-10-10T08:49:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ilyast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@ilyast](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ilyast)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instance-name-restrictions/203334/1 "2006-10-10T08:49:54Z")

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i searched in forum but didnt get any result… sorry if i missed.

i wanna learn something? why instance names cant start with a number?

is there a restriction for instance names? if there is… what are these restrictions all about?