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name⋅sake

  [neym-seyk]
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–noun
1. a person named after another.
2. a person having the same name as another.
Origin:
1640–50; alter. of name's ( name + 's 1 ) sake 1
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name·sake   (nām'sāk')   
n.  One that is named after another.

[From the phrase for the name's sake.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

namesake 
1646, "person named for the sake of someone" is probably originally (for the) name's sake.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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