designation

An act or instance of designating

Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.

His designation as chief justice was controversial.

July 2021, Omar Marrero, quoted in CyberNewshttps://web.archive.org/web/20210805184306/https://www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com/15-million-allocated-for-non-profit-organizations/ The designation of funds by Governor Pedro Pierluisi will also allow non-profit entities to continue providing services to communities

That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]

Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.

Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.

Purpose, aim, intention.

Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.

But ſo far as Words are of Uſe and Signification, ſo far is there a conſtant connexion between the Sound and the Idea; and a Designation, that the one ſtand for the other: without which Application of them, they are nothing, but ſo much inſignificant Noiſe.