The phrase "gave name" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is typically used to describe the act of giving someone a name/title. For example, "The singer was given the name Prince."
The latter practice gave name to the river in Xinca territory (esclavos, "slaves").
And then there is the painted bed, which gave name to a 2002 book of poetry.
Carol Schultz is convincing as Mrs. Malaprop, that "queen of the dictionary," and generally avoids underlining the linguistic disorder to which she gave name.
That way of communicating could cause controversies, too – when they performed the song that gave name to the documentary on The Word in 1992, Sparks dropped her trousers on stage, blasting her pixellated buttocks into UK homes.
The police scanner squawked, a couple of regulars debated the finer points of car motors, and the owner, Dave Hackett -- whose ever-forlorn visage gave name to his saloon -- hovered.
The reference publication of the movement in the 80s, the Earth First journal, featured a column called Ask Ned Ludd, in reference to the mythical character that gave name to the luddites.
