give your name to something

give your name to something
give your name to something phrase
to be the reason why something is called by a particular name, especially because you have discovered or invented it

Alessandro Volta, the scientist who gave his name to the volt

Thesaurus: inventing and inventions or discoverieshyponym to build something, or to be builtsynonym
Main entry: name

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give your ˈname to sth idiom
to invent sth which then becomes known by your name

Charles Macintosh gave his name to a type of raincoat.

Main entry:nameidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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