"Named after NP" vs. "named for NP"

[Wilson Gray]

Forme, thosse these two phrases are noticeably distinct by virtue of
the PREP used, for me, they have exactly the same meaning.

Do others feel a distinction between the two?

-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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