What is the name for a word same front and backwards?

These types of Words are known as palindromes (which can also be names and phrases.

Examples of palindromes :

• Otto, Anna, Bob, Malayalam (a language)
• tot, mum, mom, dad, bib, nun
• noon, toot, sees, deed, peep
• radar, rotor, civic, level, madam, kayak, solos
• racecar
• redivider