verb
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BAD : This beautiful village is named 'Cadaques'.
GOOD : This beautiful village is called 'Cadaques'.
BAD : I stayed in and watched a film named 'The Clockwork Orange'.
GOOD : I stayed in and watched a film called 'The Clockwork Orange'.
BAD : What we used to name 'the Cold War' is now over.
GOOD : What we used to call 'the Cold War' is now over.
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When you mention the name by which someone or something is known, use call/be called (NOT name/be named ): 'Most people call him Bob but he prefers to be called Robert.'
Compare: 'They've named/called the baby Louise.' (= the name they have chosen for the baby is Louise)
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BAD : They named their children from their grandparents.
GOOD : They named their children after their grandparents.
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name a child after sb : 'We've decided to name her Sarah, after her grandmother.'
In American English name a child for sb is also possible, although not very common.