The name didn't particularly register with Harry, and the man at the doorway noticed it.
The name of Ruggey apparently did not register with him.
No doubt the name of the town had registered subliminally.
His name hadn't registered at first, but now she recognized it.
He made the introductions quickly so the names wouldn't register, and they didn't.
The name did not register, but of course there were too many mortal identities for him to remember.
His name didn't register, nor did anything he said.
The names registered with her, but the question seemed not to.
Something to show that the names registered, that all was not well.
Then the name registered on him and he did a classic double-take.