People named for something else

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People named after a specific person, organization, fictional character or product.
Armand Hammer, famous industrialist. Named after the "Arm and Hammer" symbol of the Socialist Labor Party.
Christine Daaé, A Phantom of the Opera fan who had her name legally changed to that of the character.[citation needed]
Eros-Adonis. Name of a Belgian boy.
Espn (pronounced Espin). The name of two boys from Michigan and Texas, named for the popular cable sports channel ESPN. However, in Scandinavia, both Esben and Espen are somewhat common names.
Hapoel Tel Aviv, a baby born in Israel in 2006, who was named by his father after his favourite football club Hapoel Tel Aviv[citation needed].
Harley Quinn Smith, daughter of filmmaker Kevin Smith, named for the Joker's sidekick Harley Quinn from Batman: The Animated Series.
Iuma Dylan-Lucas Thornhill. Named after the Internet Underground Music Archive's "Name Your Baby IUMA" [citation needed]contest.
Jesus Christ. Born Jose Luis Espinal, he legally changed his name in December 2005.
Jesus Christ Allin, later Kevin Michael Allin, most well known as GG Allin, named by his fanatically religious father
John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood, a fan of the same.
Joker Arroyo, a Philippine Senator. His name derives from his father's fondness of playing cards. He has a brother named Jack, also for the playing card of the same name
Kal-El Coppola, son of actor Nicolas Cage, is named for the fictional character Superman.
Keldorn - First name of an Estonian boy named after the character Keldorn Firecam from the PC game Baldur's Gate 2[citation needed]
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American jurist and baseball commissioner, named after Kennesaw Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia.
Matrix, an Estonian named so by his parents due to them seeing the movie of the same name. Shortly after this case a law was enacted by Estonian parliament to prevent further naming children after celebrities, misspellings and cultural references, as it might become annoying for a child once he grows up.[citation needed]
MegaZone, an American IT/programming geek who legally changed his name (from Brian Bikowicz) on April 12, 2000. Originally taking the name from Megazone 23 as a login in 1989.
Metallica. Daughter of Michael and Karolina Tomaro.
Minty Clinch. Film publicist and journalist on The Observer
Oleúde José Ribeiro, nicknamed "Capitain" was a Brazilian football player. His first name is a badly misspelled rendition of Hollywood [citation needed]
Optimus Prime. A member of the United States National Guard.
Sony PlayStation, born John Serling, legally changed his name after he became obsessed with the game console [citation needed]
Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel. British political candidate self-renamed after a Monty Python character. Born John Desmond Lewis.
Tomer.com, an Israeli programmer.
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