Carving name into flesh is deliberate (5)
I believe the answer is:
meant
'is deliberate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'carving name into flesh' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'name' is 'mean' which is within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "represented" , "Signified" , "designed" , "proposed" , "Aimed" .)