The Namesake

Introduction

Look up namesake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A namesake is a person or thing that has the same name as another or that is named after another.

Namesake may also refer to:

  • "The Namesake" (short story), by Willa Cather
  • The Namesake, children's book by C. Walter Hodges
  • The Namesake (novel), novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
  • The Namesake (film), a 2006 drama film, based on the novel
  • Namesake (album), a 1987 album by Dennis González
  • "The Namesake" (NCIS), an episode of the American police procedural series
  • Namesake (webcomic), a fantasy webcomic running since 2010

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