Namesake Namesake

Namesake - Definition

Related Words: Cognomen, Cryptonym, Denomination, Epithet, Eponym, Handle, Honorific, Hyponym, Label, Moniker, Name, Nomen, Style, Tag

If a person, place, or thing is named after a different person, place, or thing, the latter is said to be the namesake of the former. This is most often the case with people, where a child is named after somebody of significance to the parents and/or child.

Example Usage of Namesake

wilxTV: Kettering University Given Major Gift: Former student of school's Namesake leaves more than $1 million to school. http://bit.ly/82ZLfV
GiveMeTheMoon: @MsJai_Marie just like me Namesake!
flovallemiller: @mamaspohr Binky the Elf bounds back to the Ritz Carlton http://tinyurl.com/yawqxx5 Is this Binky's Namesake? Made me smile :)
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