A small brush fire that started Monday around 11 p.m. in Malibu has since burned over 2,000 acres according to a map maintained by fire officials. The fire started near Pepperdine University at South Malibu Canyon Road and Francisco Ranch Road and has since been coined the “Franklin Fire.”
“Dubbed” or “named” or “termed” or such.
To “coin” X is to create a new word X rather than to name a thing; it’s not a synonym for the above words.
Maybe there’s a process patent on this one.