namesake

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈneɪmseɪk/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈneɪmˌseɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nām′sāk′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
name•sake /ˈneɪmˌseɪk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person named after another.
  2. a person having the same name as another.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
name•sake  (nām′sāk′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person named after another.
  2. a person having the same name as another.
  • alteration of name's (name + 's1) sake1 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
namesake / ˈneɪmˌseɪk/
  1. a person or thing named after another
Etymology: 17th Century: probably a shortening of the phrase describing people connected for the name's sake
'namesake' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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