Full Idea
Russell proposed that names do not express a Fregean sense, ...but are disguised definite descriptions, of the form 'the F'.
Gist of Idea
Names don't have a sense, but are disguised definite descriptions
Source
report of Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Sarah Sawyer - Empty Names 3
Book Reference
'Routledge Companion to Phil of Language', ed/tr. Russell/Graff Faria [Routledge 2015], p.155
A Reaction
Of course, Russell then has a famous theory about definite descriptions, which turns them into quantifications.
Related Ideas
Idea 18937 If sentences have a 'sense', empty name sentences can be understood that way [Frege, by Sawyer]
Idea 18942 Russell says a name contributes a complex of properties, rather than an object [Russell, by Sawyer]