Entertainment Facts About Name

If you rearrange the letters in Vin Diesel it reveals his credo: "I End Lives."

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

The name "Wendy" was made up for the book Peter Pan!

According 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.

Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Rapper LL Cool J's name is short for 'Ladies Love Cool James'.

Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!

Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.

Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

Leonardo 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.

In 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.

Akon's birth name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam.

Warner 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.

If you arrange the first letters of the names of the main characters in Inception, you would get DREAMS.