名付ける

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to name; to call; to christen; to term

Example sentences

• 神様の名前はやっぱりＮＧだと思うよ～。もう名づけた時点で名前負けなわけじゃん。

  I think a god's name has got to be out. From the moment the kid's named you know he's not going to be able to live up to it!

• 家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。

  At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.

• 両親は赤ん坊をアキラと名づけた。

  The parents named their baby Akira.