[p4bl0]

At the time the idea of .name was that for example someone with a common family name shouldn't be able to get it only for them and deprive all the other people named like them from having their .name domain and email address. Of course it didn't work for people also having the same first name, and in that case it was still a first come first serve basis.

Anyhow, first level domain were to be "shared", non directly registrable, domains.

Since they decided to open it up for first level registration, there has been no way to get a once-shared first level domain, even when you're its only user.