What is the meaning of Namesake?

An entity that lends its name to another entity.

A person with the same name as another; often, a parent or the child named after them.

  1. One who is named after another.

    One who is named after another.

    One for whom another is named.

    Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.

    To name (somebody) after somebody else.

    Source: wiktionary.org