Do you name your arrays using plural or singular in PHP?

I use the plural form. Then I can do something like:

$name = $names[1];

Name should always convey as much information as possible in case a reader is not familiar with the type declaration. An array or collection should therefore be named in the plural.

I personally find $name[1] to be misleading, since it means "the 1st element of name" which doesn't make English sense.

I usually give it something on the end like list so it would be

nameList

Otherwise, I make it plural.