InterestingAccording to popular legend, L. Frank Baum came up with the name "Oz" for his famous fantasy land when he glanced at his filing cabinet and saw the drawer labels A-N and O-Z. While Baum never confirmed this story, it became one of literature's most repeated origin tales.1711k
InterestingDaft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."882k
FunnyPicasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.192k
WholesomeLeonardo DiCaprio was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.192k
InterestingIn the Harry Potter series, Tom Riddle has a different name depending on which language the book is in, in order to preserve the anagram in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.133k
FunnyWarner Bros. wasn't thrilled with the name 'Beetlejuice' and urged Tim Burton to change it. When executives suggested 'House Ghosts', Burton sarcastically countered with 'Scared Sheetless'. To his horror, the studio actually considered it seriously before ultimately sticking with the original title.101k
Mind-BlowingIf you arrange the first letters of the names of the main characters in Inception, you would get DREAMS.72k