lend one's name to sth

/lˈɛnd wˈɒnz nˈeɪm tʊ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

/lˈɛnd wˈʌnz nˈeɪm tʊ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

[phrase]

to lend one's name to sth

[PHRASE]

to publicly support something

Examples

1. But on the other hand, she was perhaps the last person one might think would lend their name to a perfume.

2. What she ultimately found was a man named Ignacio Anaya Sr . who, while he probably wasn’t the first person to ever decide to mix tortilla chips with melted cheese and jalapenos, does seem to be the person directly responsible for nachos becoming a thing, along with lending his name to the food item.

3. We can see amongst them a French flag Preserved as a relic and bearing the fleur-de-lys which dates from 1682, the same year that Cavelier de La Salle took possession of Louisiana The Saint Louis who lends his name to the cathedral is Louis XIV king of France

4. Associate producer, like executive producer, can also be an honorary title given to someone who helped get the film made, like because they lent their name to the project, or funded it.