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An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word eponym include eponymous and eponymic. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovations, biological nomenclature, astronomical objects, works of art and media, and tribal names.
Ahasuerus, Biblical character – the term "ahasverus" is used to describe a "restless person" in certain languages, Ahasverus (genus of beetle) Alfred V. Aho, Canadian computer scientist – the first letter of the name AWK, a computer pattern/action language, is taken from Aho; George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer - Airy disk
Chronogram: a phrase or sentence in which some letters can be interpreted as numerals and rearranged to stand for a particular date; Gramogram: a word or sentence in which the names of the letters or numerals are used to represent the word; Lipogram: a writing in which certain letter is missing Univocalic: a type of poetry that uses only one vowel
An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.
An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. Since many medical conditions, sports moves, bridge and chess techniques, buildings, prizes, and other things have been named after people, these are not included in this category, as categorization on the basis of having been named for a person is considered to be overcategorization ...
Naming a child after a relative, friend, or well-known person is a common practice in the English-speaking world. Continued practise of naming a child after the parent or grandparent may result in several relatives (e.g. cousins) being namesakes of each other despite not having been named after each other.
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
Lists of places by eponym; Lists of things named after places; List of plant genera named for people (A–C) List of plant genera named for people (D–J) List of plant genera named for people (K–P) List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z) List of awards named after people