name after

Idioms  

1. Also, name for. Give someone or something the name of another person or place. For example, They named the baby after his grandfather, or The mountain was named for President McKinley.

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Example Sentences

He became a household name after winning a Golden Globe for Rocketman.

From BBC

He replaced Colin Crawford who resigned from the party over a press release issued in his name after disorder in Ballymena.

From BBC

Denzel Perryman quickly listed name after name as he dove deep into his mental roster of the 2015 Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times

The family changed their last name after immigrating to the U.S. in 1933.

From The Wall Street Journal

One commenter on social-media site Reddit recounted how before the Equal Credit Opportunity Act became law, they had to get their dad to sign paperwork to “allow” them to open a bank account in their own name after they began their first full-time job at 19.

From MarketWatch