misname

verb

1. 错误命名；取名不当
   to give sb/sth a name that is wrong or not appropriate

1. 误称;给…取名不当
   If you say that something or someone is misnamed, you mean that they have a name that describes them incorrectly.
   1. ...a high school teacher who was misnamed Mr. Witty.
      被误称为“智多星”的中学老师
   2. ...the misnamed Grand Hotel...
      名不副实的“大酒店”
   3. The truth is that junk bonds were misnamed, and therefore misunderstood.
      事实上人们对垃圾债券的称谓有误，所以产生了误解。

1. "To misname things is to add misery to the world."
   “给东西命错名就是给世界添加痛苦”

verb

1. assign in incorrect name to
   1. These misnamed philanthropists

   Synonym:    miscall