Select By Name

Main toolbar > Select By Name

Edit menu > Select By > Name

Keyboard > H

Select By Name lets you select objects by picking them from a list of all objects currently in the scene using the Select Objects dialog.

Warning: The Select By Name button and Select Objects dialog are context dependent. When one of the transforms (such as Select and Move , or Select and Manipulate) is active, the dialog lets you choose from all objects in the scene. But when certain modes are active, the choices in the dialog are more limited. For example, when Select and Link is active, the dialog is entitled Select Parent, and shows linkable objects but not the child object already selected. Similarly, if Group > Attach is active, the dialog lists groups but not solitary objects.