“…One's name may be the same as that of another person (a namesake, see Pina‐Cabral ; ) or it may be a teknonym (see Needham ), in which case each time the name is used – by us or apropos of us – it co‐evokes that other person in a more or less explicit manner, depending on circumstance. There is, however, another kind of affective echo in names, which is related to the fact that our names also bear continued identities because other persons attributed them to us.…”