User:Jnestorius/Backwards names
Ananyms and Reverse spellings.
| New name | Original | Explanation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20461 Dioretsa | asteroid | asteroid with retrograde orbit | astronomy |
| Livic | civil (engineering) | trade newspaper, "a reflection of Civil Engineering") | work |
| Rekkof Aircraft | Fokker | Rekkof aircraft are based on Fokker designs | business |
| Seltaeb | Beatles | Beatles' merchandising company | business |
| Llareggub | "bugger all" | In Under Milk Wood | work |
| Harpo Productions | Oprah (Winfrey) | Oprah's media company | business |
| Senim Silla | "all is mines" | "mines" is AAVE for "mine". Expostulation | name (alias) |
| Navi | (Virgil) Ivan (Grissom) | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy |
| Dnoces | (Edward H. White the) Second | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy |
| Regor | Roger (Chaffee) | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy |
| Erewhon | "nowhere" | A utopia | work |
| elgooG | reverse-spelling search engine | business | |
| Xallarap | parallax | Converse microlensing effect | term |
| Ebbot (Lundberg) | Tobbe | Tobbe is the usual hypocoristic of Torbjörn, his real given name. | name (alias) |
| 로꾸거 (Rokuko) | 거꾸로 (gokkuro) | Backwards for Korean for "backwards" | work |
| semordnilap | palindrome | A semi-palindrome | term |
| Xvid | DivX | A competitor | product |
| mho (now "siemens") | Ohm | reciprocal unit | term |
| Trugoy (The Dove) | yogurt | He likes yogurt | name (alias) |
| Posdnuos | "Sound-Sop" | High school DJing nickname | name (alias) |
| MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System) | spam | reverse backronym | product |
| Alucard | Dracula | Borne by various characters derived from Dracula | work |
| Nimda | admin | The computer worm assumed admin-like powers. | product |
| Emirp | Prime | An emirp is a prime number that results in a different prime when its digits are reversed. | term |
| (Coquitlam) Adanac(s) | Canada | Team is Canadian | organization |
| Nujabes | Jun Seba | His real name | name (alias) |
| Essiac | Rene Caisse | Its inventor | product |
| "Revilo" | Oliver Christianson | His real name | name (alias) |
| Adanac(, Nipissing District, Ontario) | Canada | Location | placename |
| "Airegin" | Nigeria | Composer Sonny Rollins is African American | work |
| Yarg | (Allan and Jenny) Gray | Couple who provided the recipe | product |
| Soma Records | Amos Heilicher | Owner | business |
| Nomad (band) | Damon (Rochefort) | Founder member | organization |
| Gnip Gnop | ping pong | Reminiscent of the other tabletop game | product |
| Trebloc, Mississippi | Colbert | Local family | placename |
| "Nagirroc" | Corrigan | Owner's surname | placename |
| Strebor | Roberts | Founder/owner? | business |
| Ridan (horse) | Nadir | Named after another horse | name (animal) |
| Niloak Pottery | kaolin | Material used in products | business |
| Rellim Farm | (Paul) Miller | Founder | business |
| Yellek, Ontario | (R. J.) Kelley | Trainmaster at the passing point | placename |
| Nomar (Garciaparra) | Ramon | His father's name | name |
| OAT (organizing autonomous telecomms) | TAO (The Anarchy Organization) | reverse backronym of its former name | organization |
| Kroz | Zork | Homage to older computer game | product |
| Ani Lorak | Karolina | Her real forename | name (alias) |
| Sevas Tra | "art saves" | work | |
| Azed | (Diego) Deza | Crossword compiler named after Spanish inquisitor | name (alias) |
| Tesremos | (Derrick) Somerset (Macnutt) | His middle name | name (alias) |
| Sualocin | Nicolaus (Venator) | Niccolò Cacciatore's name (~Nicholas Hunter) Latinized and reversed | astronomy |
| Rotanev | (Nicolaus) Venator | Niccolò Cacciatore's name (~Nicholas Hunter) Latinized and reversed | astronomy |
| Senrab (F.C.) | Barnes | After Senrab Street, after Barnes Street | organization |
| (Neuchâtel) Xamax | Max (Abegglen) | Founder, backwards and forwards | organization |