Originally referred to as Baby for several months, she was eventually named Abby May after her mother.

Originally, the award was known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award, named after the Chicago White Sox owner of the 1930s.

Originally called " Geneva Hall ", the college was named after the Swiss center of the Reformed faith movement.

Originally named " Everton F. C.

Originally named Matsudaira Takechiyo ( 松平 竹千代 ), he was the son of Matsudaira Hirotada ( 松平 広忠 ), the daimyo of Mikawa of the Matsudaira clan, and Odainokata ( 於大の方 ), the daughter of a neighboring samurai lord Mizuno Tadamasa ( 水野 忠政 ).

Originally named " Mortimer ", the mouse was later re-christened " Mickey " by Lillian Disney who thought that the name Mortimer did not fit.

Originally named Pasteurella pestis, the organism was renamed in 1967.

Originally, kansui was named after the water from Inner Mongolia's Lake Kan which contained large amounts of these minerals and was said to be perfect for making these noodles.

Originally named " UP Movietone ", in view of a partnership with the Movietone News service of 20th Century Fox, it went through several partnerships and name changes and was known as United Press International Television News or simply as UPITN, a name which also credited UPI's film and video service partner at the time, Britain's ITN television news service.

Originally named Twality when created in 1843, the territorial legislature renamed it for the first president of the United States, George Washington, in 1849.

Originally the camp was named after the hill Ettersberg but it was later renamed to Buchenwald ( German for beech forest ).< ref > As Vladimir Nabokov in Pnin ( New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 ) puts it, " in the beautifully wooded Grosser Ettersburg, as the region is resoundingly called.

Originally all the streets of Vulcan were named after gods and goddesses of the classical world such as Juno, Mars, and Jupiter.

Originally named VDISK. SYS and later replaced by RAMDRIVE. SYS, it discontinued in Windows 7.

Originally conceived by Charles Addams for the character eventually named Pugsley in the 1960s television series, the name was rejected back then due to fears that 1960s network censors would not allow it because of its similarity to the words " pubic " and " puberty ".

Originally called the " Hanover rat " by people wishing to link problems in 18th century England with the House of Hanover, it is not known for certain why the brown rat is named Rattus norvegicus ( Norwegian rat ), as it did not originate from Norway.

Originally founded in what is now the archaeological site Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas or the Acelhuate Valley, named so due to the intense seismic activity that characterizes it.

Originally, the lead character was a young Jewish broker named Freddie Goldsmith but Stone changed it to Bud Fox to avoid the stereotype that Wall Street was controlled by Jews.

Originally named Wodonga its name was changed to Belvoir then later back to Wodonga.

Originally named " Rebellion on the Moon ", the story appeared in the December 1949 American Legion Magazine.

Originally, Booth named the organization the East London Christian Mission.

Originally, it was named Loire-Inférieure, but its name was changed in 1957 to Loire-Atlantique.

Originally, in 1848 it was named La Pointe County, Wisconsin, but was renamed Bayfield County on 12 April 1866.

Originally named Sawamish County, it took its present name in 1864 in honor of Charles H. Mason, the first Secretary of Washington Territory.

Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed.

Originally, it was known as " Octans Hadleianus " in honor of the octant's inventor, John Hadley, who devised it in 1730.

Originally known as Lake Park, and dating from the city's founding, it was renamed in 1901 to honor Ulysses S. Grant.

Originally known as the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, its name was changed to the Bacharach Giants in honor of the city's mayor, Harry Bacharach.

Originally, a festival took place in Opis ' honor on August 10.

Originally named Strawbridge by founder Cyrus W. “ Charley ” Wilson, the name was later changed in honor of railroad Engineer Joseph P. Sanderson.

Originally, it was named Christiana County, but a few days later the name was changed to Loudon in honor of nearby colonial Fort Loudoun.

Originally part of Lancaster County ( 1729 ), then Cumberland County ( 1750 ), Franklin County became an independent jurisdiction on September 9, 1784, named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.

Originally to be named Orange, it was named Corbin Town ( for Francis Corbin, a member of the governor's council and one of Granville's land agents ), and renamed Childsburgh ( in honor of Thomas Child, the attorney general for North Carolina from 1751 – 1760 and another one of Granville's land agents ) in 1759.

Originally called Barber ’ s Cross Roads, it was briefly named Crenshaw ; but June 10, 1867, it was changed to Rutledge in honor of Captain Henry Rutledge, Company H. 59th Alabama Infantry, CSA.

Originally known as the Town of Marengo, it was changed to Hohenlinden in 1823 to honor the county's earliest European settlers, French Bonapartist refugees to the Vine and Olive Colony.

Originally known as Ingle Mills, it was renamed by resident Tom Carroll for unknown reasons in honor of Nauvoo, Illinois, a city founded by Mormon prophet Joseph Smith in 1839.

Originally known as Indian Oasis, the settlement took its present English name in 1918 to honor Indian Commissioner Cato Sells.

Originally called Milltown, Lakeland received its current name in 1925 in honor of its proximity to several lakes including Grand Bay Lake, Lake Erma, and Banks Lake.

Originally named Valdosta Airfield when it opened on 15 September 1941, the airfield was renamed Moody Army Airfield on 6 December 1941 in honor of Major George Putnam Moody ( 13 March 1908-5 May 1941 ), an early Air Force pioneer.

Originally, the area of Churubusco was made up of two towns founded in the 19th century by European Americans: Union ( in honor of the union victory of the Civil War ) and Franklin ( in honor of the founding father, Benjamin Franklin ) that bordered each other across a railroad track.

Originally called Federal Grove, the name was changed in the 1860s to honor Auburn, New York.

Originally called Hamelton, the town was renamed in 1874 to honor Congressman Colonel Henry D. McHenry.

Originally, the town was named Gageborough in honor of British General Thomas Gage, but was changed due to the general's Revolutionary War affiliation.

* Nathaniel Allen Recreation Area ( NARA ): Originally named the North Acton Recreation Area, NARA's name was changed in 2012 to honor an Acton resident who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Civil War.

Originally called " Four Corners ", the name was changed to honor Saint Isadore, the patron saint of farmers.

Originally known as Lily Creek for the creek that still flows to the north, the name was later changed to Welcome in honor of Alfred M. Welcome, an Englishman who homesteaded in Manyaska Township after the Civil War.

Originally Linnville, its name was changed to honor Carl Linnaeus in 1840.