Is there a way of grabbing the name of a shape layer without referring to it specifically?

similar to 'thisLayer.name', is there a way of being able to grab the name of a shape layer without referring to it specifically?
I'm wanting something like 'thisShape.name' rather than having to define it as content("this shape name")
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
thanks

Thanks for replying Dan, you're right, I should provide more context.
I want to be able to duplicate a shape inside a layer a number of times, and with every duplicated shape, I want that shape to evaluate what number it is (based on a name I give it so I could name it '1' and then use something like 'eval(propertyname)' to return a number or perhaps use an index to count the number of shapes in the layer) and multiply that number by some set of rules that I can define and control through a list of expression controls on another layer. This would allow me to duplicate a square 10 times and have each square's position do something like
x = thisShapeNumber + shapeLength * TranslateExpressionControl;
y = 0;
[x,y]
which would form a long line of squares for instance. Does that make sense?
thanks in advance!

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