name after, name for, name as

name after, name for, name as

name after是一个常见用法  : 

　1.Her parents named her Sophia after her grandmother.　她父母按她祖母的名字给她起名索菲娅。 
  2.She was named Sophia after her grandmother.　她是以她祖母索菲娅的名字命名的。 

在美国英语里常常使用name for  : 
  1.The college is named for George Washington.(LDCE)　这个学院是以乔治·华盛顿的名字命名的。

2.We named him for his father.(LDCE)　我们用他父亲的名字给他命名。 

只有当name作“提名”、“任命”解时,才可以与as连用  。例如:

The President named him as Secretary of State.(LDCE)　总统任命他为国务卿。