Amalgamation (names)

For other uses, seeAmalgamation (disambiguation).

Anamalgamated nameis a name that is formed by combining several previously existing names. These may take the form of anacronym(where only one letter of each name is taken) or ablend(where a large part of each name is taken, such as the firstsyllable).

Amalgamated names are most commonly used foramalgamated businesses,characters and places.Newly arisingpartnershipsmay also choose to name themselves by amalgamating their names.

Examples

• Grevan Spiridellis,screen name crediting both Greg and Evan Spiridellis
• DHL,originally meaning Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
• Grant Naylor,a production company founded byRob GrantandDoug Naylor
• ABC region,area inGreater São Paulonamed afterSantoAndré,SãoBernardo do Campo,andSãoCaetano do Sul.This is also used forAruba,BonaireandCuraçaoinABC islands (Lesser Antilles)and forAdmiralty Island,Baranof IslandandChichagof IslandinABC islands (Alaska).
• ExxonMobil,a combination of the companies Exxon and Mobil created when the two oil companies merged in 1999.
• Goldwyn Pictures,a motion picture production company founded by SamuelGoldfish (later Goldwyn) in partnership with Edgar and Archibald Selwyn
• TriBeCa,a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is anacronymcomposed of the words "Triangle below Canal Street". Also inManhattanareSoHo(from "South of Houston street" ),NoHo(North of Houston Street),NoLIta(North ofLittle Italy, Manhattan) andNoMad(North ofMadison Square); on the other hand,DUMBO(Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is inBrooklyn.
• Stockard Channing,stage and screen name of Susan Stockard and her married name of Channing (the first, from 1963 to 1967, of four marriages)
• AZ,a Dutch football club that was formed in 1967 with the merger of two other clubs,Alkmaar'54 and FCZaanstreek
• 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours,a 1991 compilation album byGreen Day,combining their debut album,39/Smooth,their 1990 EPSlappyand their 1989 EP1000 Hours.This is often regarded as Green Day's debut album.
• Brangelina,a celebritysupercoupleconsisting of American actorsBrad PittandAngelina Jolie,combining part of their names,Brad and Angelina.
• Renesmee Cullen,is the name given toTwilight SagaprotagonistBella Swan's daughter. It is the blend of Bella's mother name, Renee, and her husbandEdward Cullen's adoptive mother, Esme.
• Jalen Rose,sports analyst and former NBA player who is named after his father and uncleJames andLeonard, respectively, and has inspired a trend of young athletes named after him.

Linguistics

Amalgamation is also a term used in linguistics when acompoundcontains roots from several languages, without it being part of a blended language. For example, a word with an English and a Spanish root would not be an amalgam, if part ofSpanglish,while an English word with a Greek and a Latin root would. This is also known as ahybrid word.