given name to

Verb

give name to (third-person singular simple present gives name to, present participle giving name to, simple past gave name to, past participle given name to)

1. (transitive) To express (something) in words; to identify by name.
   • […] who may proceed against such Malignants where the Laws are wholy silent, and neither have given name to their fault, nor prescribed any punishment?1644, John Barwick, Certain Disquisitions and Considerations, Oxford, page 27
2. (transitive) To lend one's or its name to (something); to be the source of the name of (something).
   • The ensign of the Duke [of York] was a white rose, that of Henry a red. This gave name to the two houses, whose contentions were now about to drench the kingdom with slaughter.1764, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of England, London: J. Newbery, Volume 1, Letter 23, p. 174
3. (obsolete, transitive) To give a name to (a person or animal).
   • And Adam gaue name to the woman, which was made of his ribbe (while he was a sleepe) and called her EVA, as he gaue name to al other creatures.1568, The Bishops’ Bible, London, Table setting out the genealogy of Adam

   Synonyms:

   name