The phrase "a formidable name" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a name that carries a strong presence or reputation, often implying respect or fear.
Example: "In the world of technology, Elon Musk is a formidable name, known for his innovative ideas and ambitious projects."
Alternatives: "an impressive name" or "a powerful name".
WHEN he died -- nearly 16 years ago, at 96 -- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was hardly more than a formidable name.
Marx remains a formidable name among intellectuals and is still, without any question, a principal intellectual source of radical movements in politics.
THE Pathway of the Gods is a formidable name for a hiking trail, even in the picture-postcard landscape along the Amalfi Coast of Italy.
The arrival of commercial television in the UK in the mid-1950s provided new opportunities, and Ken made a formidable name for himself as a writer of gritty, kitchen-sink drama.
"There has been a consistent bashing of the taxi driver by the media and the politicians, until the public feels the taxi driver is a bad person who can be punished and punished," said Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a formidable name for a very small organization.
Alongside releases by Derrick May and Carl Craig, R&S grew into a formidable name in left-leaning techno.
The disease, named for R. W. Goss, a longtime Nebraska plant pathologist, is caused by a bacterium with the formidable name Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis.
Named not for a drunken request in the Pimlico infield but for the owner J. Paul Reddam's penchant for his wife's cookies, I'll Have Another would easily be the least formidable name on a list that includes legends like War Admiral, Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Assault and Seattle Slew.
Despite the formidable name it encapsulates a simple idea.
Businessman, author, journalist, politician, and the bearer of a formidable family name, Riccardo Illy has held a number of posts within the global and local business and political communities.
Triet's 1,500-man regiment is in temporary occupation of a formidable and formidably named patch of jungle northwest of Saigon, the "Long Nguyen Secret Zone".
