Eponymy

Eponomy is a word originating from someone's name.

Examples include:

• quisling, from Major Vidkun Quisling
• boycott, from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott
• shrapnel, from British General Henry S. Shrapnel
• bloomer, from Miss Amelia Bloomer
• derrick, from an English hangman of the 1600s named Derrick

References

• Best New Conservative Words
• ''Safire's Political Dictionary'', at pp. 596-97.