15 Things That Were Originally Named Something Totally Different

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Your mind is about to be blown. That could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you feel about original names of well known things being called something totally different than what you're used to. You may actually like the previous names...or they may have you imagining a horrible alternate reality.

Names become definitive of the person or thing that it's attached to. This is why different books and websites are available for those that are interested in knowing why a name is unique and the special qualities of the personalities associated with each name. For example, according to first-names-meanings.com these names have a meaning.

Oprah - is associated with being ‘Inquisitive,friendly, frank and direct'

Angela's - ‘are a powerful personality, yet very detached and reserved'

Nobody actually knows if these resourses are actually accurate or not, but they do exist. People often make the name and person/thing one and the same. This is the reason that this list just might make you feel some kind of way.

Remember Hannah Montana? She was the girl living a double life who captivated tween hearts all over America. Originally, the show was supposed to be called ‘Alexis Texas'. That's just weird.

#2

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants does! Except he was going to be called ‘Spongeboy'. Thank God a mop company already had the rights to that name.

#3

Hey candy corn lovers! Did you know that this delicious Halloween candy was going to be called ‘Chicken Feed'? Yup, but fortunately the creators realized that it was a horrible name for candy.

#4

Van Morrison's iconic song ‘Brown Eyed Girl' was actually called ‘Brown Skinned Girl'. Van Morrison told the ‘Belfast Telegraph': ‘That was just a mistake. It was a kind of Jamaican song...Calypso. It just slipped my mind. I changed the title.'

#5

Q-Tips, the thing none of us are supposed to use to clean our ears but we all do were supposed to be called ‘baby gays'. They obviously changed it for unknown reasons, but the Q stands for quality.

#6

Originally, the English band Coldplay was first named ‘Starfish'. We can only assume that Chris Martin and the rest of the band decided ‘Starfish' was a terrible name.

#7

Another band, this time Maroon 5. Adam Levine and the gang had originally called themselves ‘Kara's Flowers'. Nope. Glad they changed it!

#8

Thanks to Walt Disney's wife who hated the name, we got Mickey Mouse instead of 'Mortimer'. She hated the name and Mr. Disney is a smart man who listened to his wife.

#9

Google was first called ‘BackRub'. Can you imagine saying I backrubbed a cooking recipe last night? Good choice switching it to Google.

#10

SnapChat, the social media that can make you look gorgeous and/or silly, was first called ‘Pictaboo'.

#11

Softball was going to be called ‘Kitten Ball', until they realized that it didn't make any sense at all. Save kitten ball for the kittens.

#12

Hermione Granger was the first difficult name most of us encountered as children when we started reading. Originally shee was going to be called ‘Hermione Puckle.'

#13

The White House was first called ‘President's Palace'. We can see president-elect Trump bringing back that name, since he likes grand things.

#14

The Spice Girls, were first called ‘Touch'. Then they realized that ‘Spice up your life' sounds a lot better than ‘Touch up your life'.

#15

My childhood would be ruined if I had to live in a world where Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was named ‘Reginald the red nosed reindeer'. Though it almost happened, thankfully it did not come to pass.