The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Name \Name\ (n[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Named (n[=a]md); 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.
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            She named the child Ichabod.          --1 Sam. iv.
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            Thus was the building left
            Ridiculous, and the work Confusion named. --Milton.
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   2. To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to
      refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
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            None named thee but to praise.        --Halleck.
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            Old Yew, which graspest at the stones
            That name the underlying dead.        --Tennyson.
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   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.
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            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.
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   Syn: To denominate; style; term; call; mention; specify;
        designate; nominate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

naming
    adj 1: 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, naming]

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