EPONYM

{ Ep″o‐nym, Ep″o‐nyme } (?), n. [[Cf. F. éponyme. See Eponymous.]] 1. 1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.
2. 2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.