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naming after

naming after is the present participle and gerund 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 naming after

What is naming after the present participle and gerund of?
Naming after is the present participle and gerund of name after.

Words near naming after in the dictionary

  1. namierizing
  2. Namiki
  3. Namiko
  4. namilumab
  5. naming
  6. naming after
  7. naming and shaming
  8. naming collision
  9. naming collisions
  10. naming convention
  11. naming conventions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naming 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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