Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym. / Of a thing: named after a person or entity.

in an eponymous manner; as the title character of a book, etc.

A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item. / A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.

plural of eponym

(transitive) To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.

In an eponymic way.

Of or relating to an eponym.

Archaic form of eponym.

plural of eponyme

The use of eponyms.