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Originally posted by ChuckElias
"one that has the same name as another; especially : one who is named after another or for whom another is named" (www.m-w.com).
Being a namesake doesn't imply that a person is named after another. It can mean that they simply share a name. Or it can mean that the other person was named for the original person.
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As long as we're wandering off topic, here's a sort of joke.
Kid to friend: I was named after Horatio Alger.
Friend: How do you figure? You're name is Johnny!
Kid: Well I sure wasn't named before him!
Ha... ha... ha...