Hadith 11-25

وَبِهذَا الإسناد عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَنان قالَ سَأَلْته - يَعْنِي الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ - عَنِ الاسم ما هُوَ؟ فَقالَ: صِفَةٌ لِمَوصُوف.

According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Sinan asked him (a.s.) (i.e. Al-Ridha’ (a.s.)) what a name is. The Imam (a.s.) replied, “It is something to describe something else with.”