Synonyms:
appellative, naming(a)
Meaning: inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"
Usage examples
Naming the place had given Margaret no little food for thought.
They come every color you could be naming, and every shape you could be thinking up.
At the moment of leaving the harbour, my uncle, who was tenaciously fond of naming his new discoveries, wanted to give it a name, and proposed mine amongst others.
Brandon was sauntering along reading when they overtook him. Jane told me afterwards that Mary's conduct upon coming up to him was pretty and curious beyond the naming.