Real Dictionary

name
The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them.
verb: If you name someone or something after another person or thing, you give them the same name as that person or thing.
verb: If you name someone, you identify them by stating their name.
verb: When you name someone or something, you give them a name, usually at the beginning of their life.

name in American English
a word or phrase by which a person, thing, or class of things is known, called, or spoken to or of; appellation; title
noun: a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known

name in British English
noun: a word or term by which a person or thing is commonly and distinctively known