naming

Adjective

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names
  • the appellative faculty of children
    
  • the appellative function of some primitive rites
    

Noun

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
  • the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
    

• the verbal act of naming
  • the part he failed was the naming of state capitals
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  appellative , naming(a) , appointment , assignment , designation