namesake

Noun

A person or thing named after another.
a person with the same name as another
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
A person with the same name as another.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
A person with the same name as another.
One who is named after another, often a child named after the parent or an ancestor.
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
A person with the same name as another.
One for whom another is named, often the parent or ancestor who gave the name to a child.
Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.

Verb

To name (somebody) after somebody else.

Examples

Bill Jr's namesake, Bill Sr, is 30 years older.
Bill Sr's namesake, Bill Jr, is 30 years younger.
My Words With Friends opponent, also named ’Sarah,’ was my namesake on the leaderboard.
The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.

Origin / Etymology

Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, first found in Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew [Term?] idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.

Synonyms

eponym

Scrabble Score: 14

namesake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
namesake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
namesake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

namesake: valid Words With Friends Word