Wow! I didn't know there were two Verbonicas!
I think you're also a namesake yourself!
Copy-and-paste from Wikipedia:
There has been some discrepancy as to whether the name source or the name target takes the term namesake. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a namesake is a person or thing named after another.[5] In other words, the name target takes the term namesake, as in
"I was named after my grandfather. I am his namesake."
The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary are not so restrictive. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a namesake is a person or thing having the same name as another. Webster's Dictionary defines "namesake" as "one that has the same name as another; esp. one who is named after another or for whom another is named",[5] allowing the usage of:
"I met a person who happened to have the same name as me. We are namesakes."
By "for whom another is named", Webster's Dictionary allows the term namesake to be used in reference to the name source as in,[5]
"I was named after my grandfather. He is my namesake."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namesake
