Naming ceremonies

Namakarana () is the naming ceremony in Hinduism and a samskara (rite of passage) to name a baby.

Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls

The Amphidromia (, ), in ancient Greece, was a ceremonial feast celebrated on the fifth or seventh day after the birth of a child.

a ceremony in which something is given a name

naming ceremony for newborn Jewish boys that does not involve circumcision

non-religious ceremony at the occasion of the birth or naming of a child

thumb|250px|Octobering in 1927. Octobering was a naming ceremony which occurred during the early era of the Soviet Union, which involved giving a name to a newborn, introduced by the state on the official basis of Marxist–Leninist atheism as an attempt to replace the religious tradition of christening. The term serves as a translation of two synonymous Soviet neologisms: Oktyabryenie, coined in an analogy to Kreshcheniye, literally, the sacrament of "baptism", and Oktyabriny instead of '''', the latter being a family celebration on the occasion of baptism.