Verb
name after (third-person singular simple present names after, present participle naming after, simple past and past participle named after)
To intentionally give someone or something the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.
Does government protection protect? It doesn't do anything of the sort. It takes vengeance in your name after you've been hurt and calls it protection. Robert LeFevre
I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. Mos Def