What does Aerosmith's name mean?

Answer 1

It doesn't actually mean anything. Joey Kramer listened to the album Ariel Ballet by Harry Nillson, and got had it pop into his head as a random word. He said he used to doodle it on his notebooks and such.

Answer 2

Aerosmith actually does not mean anything. One day in early 1970, the band sat down together and brainstormed about what their name would be.

Drummer Joey Kramer came up with the name "Aerosmith" and his inspiration came from the pre-1970's novel entitled "Arrowsmith," a book that often appeared on his summer reading list in high school. He became fascinated with the name and wrote it on his school books. Since "Aerosmith" was the only name that the band all agreed on and liked, the band went with it.