appellation, denomination, designation, appellative -- (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)
Overview of adj appellative
The adj appellative has 2 senses
appellative -- (pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun)
appellative, naming -- (inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites")