NAMESAKE

namesake

(noun) a person with the same name as another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

namesake (plural namesakes)

(originally) One who is named after another or for whom another is named.

Synonym: eponym

(by extension) A ship or a building that is named after someone or something.

A person with the same name as another.

Verb

namesake (third-person singular simple present namesakes, present participle namesaking, simple past and past participle namesaked)

(transitive) To name (somebody) after somebody else.

Source: Wiktionary

Name"sake`, n. Etym: [For name's sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another's name.]

Definition: One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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