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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

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,
           naming]
     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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Name \Name\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Named; 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.

            She named the child Ichabod.          --1 Sam. iv.
                                                  21.

            Thus was the building left Ridiculous, and the work
            Confusion named.                      --Milton.

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

            None named thee but to praise.        --Halleck.

            Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the
            underlying dead.                      --Tennyson.

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

            Whom late you have named for consul.  --Shak.

   4. (House of Commons) To designate (a member) by name, as the
      Speaker does by way of reprimand.

   Syn: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify;
        designate; nominate.