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##Eponym

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

or possibly a Homonym:

b. A namesake.

However, most of the other definitions of a homonym are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonym" or even "cognomenal homonym" if you wanted to refer to any sort of relative.

##Eponym

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

(Dictionary.com)

or possibly a Homonym:

b. A namesake.

(The Free Dictionary)

However, most of the other definitions of a homonym are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonym" or even "cognomenal homonym" if you wanted to refer to any sort of relative.

##Eponymic

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

or possibly Homonymic:

b. A namesake.

However, most of the other definitions of a homonymic are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonymic" or even "cognomenal homonymic" if you wanted to refer to any sort of relative.

##Eponym

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

or possibly a Homonym:

b. A namesake.

However, most of the other definitions of a homonym are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonym" or even "cognomenal homonym" if you wanted to refer to any sort of relative.

##Eponymic

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

or possibly Homonymic:

b. A namesake.

However, most of the other definitions of a homonymic are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonymic"

##Eponymic

noun

1.
a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
2.
a word based on or derived from a person's name.

or possibly Homonymic:

b. A namesake.

However, most of the other definitions of a homonymic are slightly different in meaning, so you might have to qualify it; e.g. "parental homonymic" or even "cognomenal homonymic" if you wanted to refer to any sort of relative.