EPONYM

eponym

(noun) the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); “Down’s syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down”

eponym

(noun) the person for whom something is named; “Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

eponym (plural eponyms)

A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.

A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

Synonym: namesake

(loosely, nonstandard, by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.

Synonym: toponym

Source: Wiktionary

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Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme, n. Etym: [Cf. F. éponyme. See Eponymous.]

1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.

2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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