appellative

Adjective

• inclined to or serving for the giving of names
  • the appellative faculty of children
    
  • the appellative function of some primitive rites
    

• pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun

Noun

• identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  naming(a) , appellation , denomination , designation