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.
Examples
- Grevan Spiridellis, screen name crediting both Greg and Evan Spiridellis
- DHL, originally meaning Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn
- Grant Naylor, a production company founded by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
- ABC region, area in Greater São Paulo named after Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo, and São Caetano do Sul.
- 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 Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Edgar and Archibald Selwyn
- Renesmee Carlie Cullen, the amalgamation of the names of Bella Cullen and Edward Cullen's parents, (The name Renesmee is created with the names of Esme Cullen and Renée Dwyer, and the middle name Carlie is created with the names of Charlie Swan and Carlisle Cullen) in the series of books and movies Twilight, writen by Stephenie Meyer.
Linguistics
Amalgamation 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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