namesake (person having the same name)
“Pero espero que consienta usted en esta entrevista, puesto que se hará entre hermanos y tocayos. —Tú eres mi tocayo, pero no mi hermano. Para mí, eres un perfecto desconocido, o siquiera un imperfecto desconocido.”
Synonyms: colombroño
Unknown; first attested in 1739. Attributed by folk etymology to the Latin bridal formula "Ubi tū Gāius ego Gāia" (literally “where you are Gaius, I am Gaia”). More likely a Mexican Spanish term from Classical Nahuatl tōcāyoh (“one who has a name, person of renown”), the possessive form of the noun tōcāitl (“name”), via its possessed form, as in notōcāyoh (“my name-haver, one having my name”); contrast with notōca (“my name”) and notōcāyō (“my fame”); compare synonymous colombroño, ultimately fr