Is that so? Or is man simply given a chance to name the animals?
Are you saying that God could not create them w/o man naming them?
The simple meaning is that God allows Adam to name them to show that he has truly given Adam and mankind, in turn, dominion over them.
18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Looks to me as if Adam was created before the animals, but your interpretation may be different.