Namesake

Namesake denotes a person who has the same name n (s component) as another person, without this equality being based on a relationship to one another. This can be the first name , the family name or a complete name match. The female and rare term used is namesake and namesake .

Some of the names are also applied to things, for example the namesake Köpenicker Strasse in Berlin . In the case of people, the name Gerd Müller can be mentioned as an example of equality ; in this case, relatives would also refer to themselves as namesakes since their full names match. The British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill had the American writer Winston Churchill as his namesake ; Since both published their works at the same time with the same publisher, both authors agreed that the Briton would add the suffix S. (for Spencer , his middle name), ie "Winston S. Churchill", to differentiate his work .

See also

• The namesake (story by the Russian writer Daniil Granin , 1975)

Web links

Wiktionary: namesake  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden editorial team : Namesake. Retrieved September 17, 2018 . 
2. ^ Duden editors: namesake. Retrieved September 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Duden editorial team: namesake. Retrieved September 17, 2018 .