Eponym (disambiguation)

Eponym ( " name giving ", from Greek ἐπώνυμος ) stands for:

A name support ( ancestor, founder, other person or thing ), whose name is a toponym, ethnonym or other name is derived a connected with him thing, see eponymous hero
A public official, according to the dates in the calendar period of his term of office is called, see archon eponymous, Eponymenliste
Proper name, from which another word is derived linguistically, or for the result of this derivation, see eponym ( linguistics ), Deonomastik
A meaningful name or nickname that highlights a property of its wearer, see eponym ( epithet )
In the nomenclature (biology) the scientific name according to its namesake