Amalgamation (names)

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An Amalgamated name is a name that is form by combining several previously existing names. These may take the form of an acronym (where only one letter of each name is taken) or a blend (where a large part of each name is taken, such as the first syllable).

Amalgamated names are most commonly used for amalgamated businesses, characters and places. Newly arising partnerships may also choose to name themselves by amalgamating their names.

[edit] Examples

• Grevan Spiridellis, screen name crediting both Greg and Evan Spiridellis
• DHL, originally meaning Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn

[edit] Linguistics

Amalagamation is also a term used in linguistics when a blend contains 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, but part of Spanglish, while a word with a Greek and a Latin root, would.

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