namesign

name +‎ sign

namesign (plural namesigns)

1. A special sign in sign language that uniquely identifies an individual person.

   Synonym: sign name

   • 1998, Ceil Lucas, Pinky Extension and Eye Gaze: Language Use in Deaf Communities, page 72:

     One way that deaf Taiwanese assign namesigns is by producing the established sign for a surname and adding the appropriate gender marker for the intended referent […]

• name sign