Editing Namesake (section)

==History==
The word is first attested around 1635,<ref name="mw">{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/namesake |title=Namesake |work=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref> and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake",<ref name="oxford">{{cite web |title=Namesake |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/namesake |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031407/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/namesake |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |website=Oxford Dictionaries |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="ahd">{{cite web |title=Namesake |url=https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=namesake |work=American Heritage Dictionary |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="etymon">{{cite web|last1=Harper|first1=Douglas|title=Namesake|url=http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=namesake|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=14 March 2016|language=en}}</ref>
which originates in English Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew idiom meaning "to protect one's reputation" or possibly "vouched for by one's reputation." Examples are in Psalm 23:3, "He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake" (King James Bible, 1604), or in the metrical version "e'en for His own name's sake" (Rous 1641, Scottish Psalter 1650, see [[The Lord's My Shepherd#Text|The Lord's My Shepherd]]).