namesake

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• nāmʹsāk
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• /ˈneɪmseɪk/
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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 Calque of Hebrew לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ (l'má'an sh'mó) idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: (jonkun) mukaan nimetty — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Manx: co-ennymagh — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏мења̄к — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: презимѐња̄к — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉmenjāk — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Serbo-Croatian: prezimènjāk — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Spanish: tocayo — person, place or thing named after another person, place or thing
• Albanian: adash — person with the same name as another
• Southern Altai: адаш (adaš) — person with the same name as another
• Arabic: سَمِيّ (samiyy) — person with the same name as another
• Arabic: سَمِيَّة (samiyya) — person with the same name as another
• Aramaic: ܒܪ ܫܡܐ (bar šəmā) — person with the same name as another
• Aramaic: ܒܥܠ ܫܡܐ (bəʿel šəmā) — person with the same name as another
• Aramaic: ܒܥܠܬ ܫܡܐ (baʿlaṯ šəmā) — person with the same name as another
• Armenian: անվանակից (anvanakicʻ) — person with the same name as another
• Azerbaijani: adaş — person with the same name as another
• Bashkir: аҙаш (aźaş) — person with the same name as another
• Belarusian: цёзка (cjózka) — person with the same name as another
• Belarusian: аднафамі́лец (adnafamíljec) — person with the same name as another
• Belarusian: аднафамі́ліца (adnafamílica) — person with the same name as another
• Central Bikol: tukayo — person with the same name as another
• Bulgarian: съи́менник (sǎímennik) — person with the same name as another
• Bulgarian: съи́менничка (sǎímennička) — person with the same name as another
• Bulgarian: ада́ш (adáš) — person with the same name as another
• Catalan: homònim — person with the same name as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 同名者 (tóngmíngzhě) — person with the same name as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 同名的人 (tóngmíng de rén) — person with the same name as another
• Czech: jmenovec — person with the same name as another
• Czech: jmenovkyně — person with the same name as another
• Danish: navnefælle — person with the same name as another
• Danish: navne — person with the same name as another
• Danish: navnebroder c/navnebror — person with the same name as another
• Danish: navnesøster — person with the same name as another
• Dutch: naamgenoot — person with the same name as another
• Esperanto: samnomulo — person with the same name as another
• Estonian: nimekaim — person with the same name as another
• Faroese: navni — person with the same name as another
• Faroese: navna — person with the same name as another
• Finnish: kaima — person with the same name as another
• French: homonyme — person with the same name as another
• German: Namensvetter — person with the same name as another
• Hindi: हमनाम (hamnām) — person with the same name as another
• Hungarian: névrokon — person with the same name as another
• Hungarian: drusza — person with the same name as another
• Italian: omonimo — person with the same name as another
• Japanese: 同名異人 (dōmei ijin) — person with the same name as another
• Japanese: 同姓同名 (dōseidōmei) — person with the same name as another
• Kazakh: адас (adas) — person with the same name as another
• Kazakh: аттас (attas) — person with the same name as another
• Khalaj: adaş — person with the same name as another
• Korean: 동명인 (dongmyeong'in) — person with the same name as another
• Kyrgyz: атташ (attaş) — person with the same name as another
• Macedonian: имењак (imenjak) — person with the same name as another
• Macedonian: имењачка (imenjačka) — person with the same name as another
• Mongolian: амьдай (amʹdaj) — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Bokmål: navnebror — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Bokmål: navnesøster — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Bokmål: navne — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namne — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namnebror — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namnesyster — person with the same name as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: namnesøster — person with the same name as another
• Old Norse: nafni — person with the same name as another
• Old Norse: nafna — person with the same name as another
• Persian: همنام (hamnâm) — person with the same name as another
• Polish: imiennik — person with the same name as another
• Polish: imienniczka — person with the same name as another
• Portuguese: tocaio — person with the same name as another
• Portuguese: homónimo — person with the same name as another
• Portuguese: homônimo — person with the same name as another
• Portuguese: xará — person with the same name as another
• Romanian: tiz — person with the same name as another
• Russian: тёзка (tjózka) — person with the same name as another
• Russian: однофами́лец (odnofamílec) — person with the same name as another
• Russian: однофами́лица (odnofamílica) — person with the same name as another
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏мења̄к — person with the same name as another
• Serbo-Croatian: презимѐња̄к — person with the same name as another
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉmenjāk — person with the same name as another
• Serbo-Croatian: prezimènjāk — person with the same name as another
• Slovak: menovec — person with the same name as another
• Slovak: menovkyňa — person with the same name as another
• Slovene: soimenjak — person with the same name as another
• Slovene: soimenjakinja — person with the same name as another
• Spanish: tocayo — person with the same name as another
• Spanish: tocaya — person with the same name as another
• Spanish: homónimo — person with the same name as another
• Spanish: homónima — person with the same name as another
• Spanish: colombroño — person with the same name as another
• Swedish: namne — person with the same name as another
• Tajik: ҳамном (hamnom) — person with the same name as another
• Tajik: ҳамфамилия (hamfamiliya) — person with the same name as another
• Tatar: адаш (adaş) — person with the same name as another
• Tofa: шооза (şooza) — person with the same name as another
• Turkish: adaş — person with the same name as another
• Ottoman Turkish: آداش (adaş) — person with the same name as another
• Turkmen: adaş — person with the same name as another
• Tuvan: атташ (attaş) — person with the same name as another
• Ukrainian: тезко́ (tezkó) — person with the same name as another
• Ukrainian: те́зка (tézka) — person with the same name as another
• Ukrainian: однофамі́льник (odnofamílʹnyk) — person with the same name as another
• Ukrainian: однофамі́льниця (odnofamílʹnycja) — person with the same name as another
• Urdu: ہمنام (hamnām) — person with the same name as another
• Uzbek: adash — person with the same name as another
• Vietnamese: người trùng tên — person with the same name as another