From the trivia question The part which names the person or things we are speaking about, is called
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:03:44 -0000
I guess you will have to rephrase this question. The part of speech that names is always the noun; the part of a sentence which identifies what we talk about is the subject; and what we say about the subject is the predicate. The use of the word “names” is misleading.