namedEnglishOxford American Thesaurusnamed adjective 1 a girl named Anne | a condition named “myasthenic syndrome”: called, by the name of, baptized, christened, known as, under the name of; dubbed, entitled, styled, termed, described as, labeled. 2 documentary sources able to supply information about named individuals: specified, designated, identified, cited, given, mentioned, selected, nominated, chosen, singled out; rare individuated.