1. in a manner relating to or derived from an eponym; by giving one's name to something
Usage: formal; often used in academic or biographical contexts

Examples

• The disease is eponymously named after the doctor who first identified it.
• The sandwich was eponymously called after the Earl of Sandwich.
• The building was eponymously titled in honor of its founder.
• The syndrome is eponymously referred to as Marfan syndrome, named after Antoine Marfan.
• The law was eponymously designated after the senator who proposed it.