Inspired by http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=448016, I wrote this little function to figure out the name of a CODEref. Uses a nifty B:: hack.
use B;
sub findit {
    my $ref = shift;
    die "I only work for CODErefs!" unless ref $ref eq 'CODE';
    my $package = B::svref_2object($ref)->START->stashpv;
    local(*alias, *stash);

    *stash = *{"${package}::"};

    while ((my $varname, my $globvalue) = each %stash){
        next if $varname eq "alias";
        *alias = $globvalue;
        if (defined(&alias)){   
            if ($ref == \&alias){
                return $varname;
            }
        }
    }
    return undef;
}

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