Full Idea
To use a proper name referringly is to presuppose the truth of certain uniquely referring descriptive statements. ...Names are pegs on which to hang descriptions.
Gist of Idea
Reference for proper names presupposes a set of uniquely referring descriptions
Source
John Searle (Proper Names [1958], p.94)
Book Reference
'Philosophical Logic', ed/tr. Strawson,P.F. [OUP 1973], p.94
A Reaction
This 'cluster' view of Searle's has become notorious, but I think one could at least try to mount a defence. The objection to Searle is that none of the descriptions are necessary, unlike just being the named object.