[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

name \name\ n=am, v. t. imp.  p. p. named n=amd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. naming. as. namian. see name, n.
   1. to give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle;
      to denominate; to style; to call.
      1913 webster

            she named the child ichabod.          --1 sam. iv.
                                                  21.
      1913 webster

            thus was the building left
            ridiculous, and the work confusion named. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to
      refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
      1913 webster

            none named thee but to praise.        --halleck.
      1913 webster

            old yew, which graspest at the stones
            that name the underlying dead.        --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to
      nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for
      the wedding; to name someone as ambassador.
      1913 webster

            whom late you have named for consul.  --shak.
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   4. house of commons to designate a member by name, as the
      speaker does by way of reprimand.
      1913 webster

   syn: to denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify;
        designate; nominate.
        1913 webster
see also:
named naming name 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

naming
     adj : inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the
           appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative
           function of some primitive rites" syn: appellative,
           naminga
     n 1: the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming
          of state capitals"
     2: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;
        "the appointment had to be approved by the whole
        committee" syn: appointment, assignment, designation
see also:
appellative naminga appointment assignment designation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

80 moby thesaurus words for "naming":
   appellation, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling,
   characterization, christening, connotative, definition,
   demonstrative, denomination, denominative, denotation, denotative,
   designation, designative, diagnostic, differentiation, disclosure,
   emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expression, expressive,
   figural, figurative, fingering, hint, identification, identifying,
   ideographic, idiosyncratic, implicative, indicating, indication,
   indicative, indicativeness, indicatory, individual, manifestation,
   meaning, meaningful, metaphorical, nicknaming, nomination,
   ordainment, ordination, pathognomonic, peculiar, picking out,
   pointing, pointing out, pointing to, posting, proposal,
   representative, selection, semantic, semiotic, show, showing,
   signalizing, significant, signification, significative, signifying,
   specification, styling, suggestion, suggestive, symbolic,
   symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomaticness,
   symptomatologic, tabbing, terming, transferral, typical

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