ben named for 和be named after有什么区别？

Question

Others groups may be named for an important person in the work of the writer.Some groups are named after important characters in tne works of writers.这两句话没有什么区别吧？那么这两个词组是否是一个意思？

Answer 1

其它的团体可能是因为从一位重要作者中的作品而命名。

有些团体是以作者们的重要特色之名称而命名。

be named for XXX : 因XXX来命名

American Library Association meeting of the Children's Librarians' Section and suggested that be named for the eighteenth-century English bookseller John Newbery.

be named after XXX : 以XXX之名来命名

这座图书馆以捐赠者之名为名。
The library was named after its sole contributor/donator.

be named by XXX : 由XXX所命名

这座图书馆是由捐赠者命名的。
The library was named by its sole contributor/donator.