Naming a thing
Giving a name to something not previously named — the act that turns a vague presence into a thing that can be discussed.
Naming a thing in a dream is the dream's image of the act that turns a vague presence into a thing that can be discussed by name. Once a thing is named, it can be referred to, asked after, taken seriously. The dream brings naming when something in your life — a feeling without a word, a pattern in a relationship, a piece of trouble at work — is finally being given the specific label that will let it be addressed. A naming done accurately is the dream affirming the honest identification. A naming refused in favour of keeping the thing uncountable is the dream noting that the unnamed presence is being preserved as undiscussable, and the convenience of not naming it is being chosen over the work of dealing with it.