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There has been some discrepancy as to whether the first-named or the second-named person, place or thing takes the term ''namesake''. According to the American Heritage Dictionary , a ''namesake'' is a person or thing named after another. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , a ''namesake'' is a person or thing having the same name as another. Generally, usage allows for either: ''I was named after my Grandfather. He is my namesake.'' or, ''I was named after my grandfather. I am his namesake.'' Modernly, both are correct. Its first known recorded usage is in 1646. Use of a namesake's name in a leadership position may indicate certain things, usually referring to certain traits of the namesake, such as in the use of papal Regnal Name s. Some commercial entities and products are named after their creators, such as the Trump Tower s and Bose Corporation . Items are also named after namesake people associated with them, such as the Teddy Bear . This is especially the case with scientific discoveries and theories, such as Gibbs Free Energy . Some of these usages may more accurately be called an Eponym . EXAMPLES OF NAMESAKES Popular culture
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