Definition | Meaning
- Any brand name derived from a personal name, even if that person is fictitious, mysterious, or legendary.
Example | Illustration
- Aunt Jemima
- Betty Crocker
- Michael Jordan
- Barbie
Etymology | Origin
- French éponyme < Greek eponumos ‘named after’ < epi- ‘after’ + onuma ‘name’
Compare | See
- matronym
- patronym