eponymize

Etymology

From eponym + -ize.

eponymize means To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

verb

To name (something or someone) after oneself or another entity; to give an eponym as a name.“His name was eponymized in the Kelly pad for obstetrical and surgical tables, the Kelly cystoscope for visualization of the female bladder (he was the first to use air to inflate the bladder for examination and for catheterization of the ureters) […]”