Hypertext Webster Gateway: "naming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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(a)}]
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}]


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