name

Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.

“They named their son David”

“The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader”

Make reference to.

“His name was mentioned in connection with the invention”

Create and charge with a task or function.

Mention and identify by name.

“name your accomplices!”

Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.

Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.

“Many senators were named in connection with the scandal”

Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.

Charge with a function; charge to be.

“She was named Head of the Committee”

Identify as in botany or biology, for example.

A language unit by which a person or thing is known.

“his name really is George Washington”

“those are two names for the same thing”

A person's reputation.

“he wanted to protect his good name”

By the sanction or authority of.

“halt in the name of the law”

Family based on male descent.

“he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name”

A defamatory or abusive word or phrase.

A well-known or notable person.

“they studied all the great names in the history of France”