Recently, i came accross the name keyword in the ip route command in Cisco IOS.
The CLI help is quite misleading:
router(config)# ip route 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 2.2.2.2 ?
<1-255> Distance metric for this route
name Specify name of the next hop
permanent permanent route
tag Set tag for this route
track Install route depending on tracked item
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