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Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of". The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them ...
american english - "Named for" vs. "named after" - English Language ...
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc.). Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo. Is "named" an accepta...
The completed action "named" is implied and not something that has to be spelled out once you share the name of the business--unless, of course, the action of naming it is something you need to highlight.
"named" vs "that is named" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Places, roads, streets etc., get named after famous people, too. Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them. But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way. Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?