the person who finds it names it or the king or queen names it
Lake Louise in Alberta is named after her.
It was named after the lake located north of California
Caribou Lake - of which there are two in Ontario - is named after reindeer.
No a City can be named for a lake, but it is not a lake
lake Baikal was not named after anything or anyone
Nicaragua has a big lake named after it, Lake Nicaragua.
Lake McCain Lake McCain
A man named Mr Picone died beside a lake in Tasmainia in 1800s. So it was named after him. It was unknown how he died.
Lake Pontchartrain was named by French explorer, Pierre La Moyne in 1699. He named the lake for the French minister of Marine, Comte de Pontchartrain.
Green lake
Lake Victoria, Africas' largest lake
A chap named Norman