to named after
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2.9
- phrasal verb
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nombrar en honor a
- She was named after her grandmother, who was a talented musician.
- named after a city
- named after a town
- named after a street
And the reward was getting a vine named after me in France.
- And the reward was getting a vine named after me in France.
- These are called the Calabi Yao manifolds, named after Yao, who is also here.
- which is called the Notario class, named after Jose Notario.
- So Kestre's named after her deceased aunt, right?
- No, that's the Gustavus Adolphus, who's named after Gustavus Adolphus.
- I also read that you have a race named after you now in San Francisco.
- How are you going to be named after a children's injury?
- But Irisen comes, they named after the Greek God Iris.
- A condom named after such a little Dick guy.
Examples
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Calgary, for example, boasts at least fifty-nine businesses and organizations named after the warm winter wind.
Academic text (1999) -
I love that you were named after Bob Dylan.
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And that that town was named after him when he was Prince William.
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Tell us who she was named after.
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-Who are you named after?
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I was named after Arnold Bennett.
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Your second-born is gonna be named after me.
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Mom paid off the school and now the gymnasium is named after us.
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The princess was named after an ancient Queen Issa, the Lifegiver.
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The great peaks in the Cascade Range are mostly named after English royalty who never saw them.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
To give a child a name that honors another person
Surface Forms
Morphology
name + after
The verb 'name' (to give a name) combined with 'after' (in the sense of 'in honor of' or 'following someone') yields a directly compositional meaning: to give the same name as another person or thing. This construction is common in English and parallels patterns in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Named after comes from the simple idea of giving someone the same name as another person to remember or honor them. The words named and after show using an older person's name for someone later, so saying someone is named after someone else means 'to give the same name' or 'to honor' that person.