Question

namesake meaning

Answer 1

Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that has the same, or a similar, name to another - especially if the person or thing is actually named the same. For example, if someone has the same name as you, then they are your namesake.

Answer 2

It means you named something after something else with the same name. Sounds confusing, but there are plenty of examples. You might live in a city called Jamestown that was named after the first English settlement (Jamestown in Virginia). One would said that city was a namesake of the first colony. You might even be a namesake yourself if you were named after another relative.