called - named

called - named
You use called or named when you are giving the name of someone or something. Named is less common than called, and is not usually used in conversation.

Did you know a boy called Desmond?

We pass through a town called Monmouth.

Anna had a boyfriend named Shorty.

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You can use called either after a noun or after `be'.

Komis asked me to appear in a play called Katerina.

The book was called The Goalkeeper's Revenge.

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You only use named immediately after a noun.

The victim was an 18-year-old girl named Marinetta Jirkowski.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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