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Tocayo (Spanish)

A Spanish word meaning a person who has the same name as you.

Word donated by Wendy Wong

Posted by vlada
March 29th, 2012 at 10:12 am
namesake?
Posted by Jhony
April 9th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
In Brazilian portuguese: Xara!
Posted by Adriana
April 18th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
It’s not the same as “namesake” in English – “namesake” implies that you were named after someone – ie having the same name as a parent or grandparent.

A “tocayo” can be anyone – anyone at all – who shares the same first name as you.
Posted by Sophia
May 11th, 2012 at 12:13 am
In Russian: tyozka (тёзка).
Posted by Kanerva
May 15th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
In Finnish: kaima.