Namesake - Name's sake

Well .. this ain't about the novel or the movie ... I am talking about

Word Origin & History

namesake

1646, "person named for the sake of someone" is probably originally(for the) name's sake.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

How does one feel ... to live with a name / relation / position tagged ... and you do something else .. doing ad hoc work as a manager when you are not makes sense ... u feel promoted ... but doing ad hoc work as an engineer while you are a manager ... for sometime is fine ... but for longer time makes you feel demoted ..

Living life of some one that you are not ... does make you feel demoted .. I would say in this case there is nothing like feeling appraised or promoted even if you are called Ratan Tata .. for the name's sake .. you might take it easily for now .. but at some point of time you become a laughing stock ..

In case with relation ... I guess the less i speak on this the better ....

but any further thoughts / corrections to my understanding ... are welcome .. I certainly would love to define this term better in life ...