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names after

names after is the third-person singular simple present indicative of name after.

Meaning of name after

Verb

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

  1. To give (someone or something) the name of another person, place, or thing; to name (someone or something) in honour of
    • The scientist named his newly discovered species after a famous pop artist.
    Synonyms:
    name for

Questions about names after

What is names after the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Names after is the third-person singular simple present indicative of name after.

Words near names after in the dictionary

  1. nameplays
  2. namer
  3. Namerican
  4. namers
  5. names
  6. names after
  7. names and shames
  8. names names
  9. names one's poison
  10. names the day
  11. names to conjure with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: names after (page history and authors); name after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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