This is the 7793rd most frequent Japanese word.
名付ける
To name or to give a name.
名付ける is applied to naming someone in honor or reference to someone else.
歴史上の人物にちなんで彼を名付けた。
I named him after a historical figure.
Here, 名付ける is utilized to designate a name for a project, signifying its purpose or sentiment.
彼らは新しいプロジェクトを『希望』と名付けた。
They named the new project 'Hope'.
The verb 名付ける is used to indicate the act of assigning a name to an object, person, or entity.