<p>An object of the present invention is to reduce a possibility of existence of a plurality of identical file names in files which are created by a plurality of apparatuses.
A file name generation apparatus according to the present invention includes: an UMID generation unit (12) which generates a globally unique identifier; and a file name generation unit (14) which generates a file name which includes the globally unique identifier generated by the UMID generation unit (12).</p>
