名な付づける

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

名付ける · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

name; call; christen

Used for giving a name to a person, animal, object, or concept. Often implies a deliberate act of naming.

〈人ひと〉を〈物もの〉と名な付づけるto name someone/something X
娘むすめを「さくら」と名な付づけた。
We named our daughter 'Sakura'.
名な付づけて〈物もの〉so-called; dubbed X (used to introduce a coined name)
この新あたらしい作さく戦せん、名な付づけて「電でん光こう石せっ火か」だ。
This new plan is dubbed 'Lightning Speed'.

命めい名めい
命名する is a more formal or ceremonial word for naming, while 名付ける is the everyday verb used for people, pets, or things.
呼よぶN5
呼ぶ broadly means 'to call' someone or something (including by a nickname), whereas 名付ける specifically means to assign an original name.
題だいする
名付ける is a general word for naming people, pets, or things, while 題する is specifically used for giving a title to a book, essay, or other written work.

名な乗のる
名乗る means to give or state one's own name, while 名付ける means to give a name to someone or something else.

名な付づけるUsage38%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
名なづけるUsage61%
Alternate spelling using づ instead of 付; less common but still encountered.
なづけるUsage1%

Compound of 名 (na, 'name') + 付ける (tsukeru, 'to attach'). The reading なづける is a rendaku form of つける.