name after

English

Verb

name after (third-person singular simple present names after, present participle naming after, simple past and past participle named after)

1. To intentionally give someone or something the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.

Usage notes

The object of the sentence may be inserted between the inflection of name and the word after; e.g.: the scientist names the germs he discovers after famous pop artists; or the scientist discovers germs, which he names after famous pop artists.

Translations

to give someone the same name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 与...同名 (zh) (yǔ...tóngmíng)

• Danish: opkalde efter
• Dutch: vernoemen (nl) naar, noemen (nl) naar
• Esperanto: nomi laŭ
• Finnish: nimetä jonkun mukaan (after a person), nimetä jonkin mukaan
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• Hebrew: עַל שׁוּם (he) (al shum)
• Japanese: Bに因んで、Aを名付ける (ja) (B-ni chinande, A-o nadzukeru) (name A after B)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppkalle etter

• Russian: назва́ть в честь (nazvátʹ v čestʹ)
• Tamil: பெயர்ப்படு (peyarppaṭu)
• Turkish: adını almak (tr)

See also

• name for (less common usage)

Anagrams

• aftername