# Hail name origin/meaning

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-name-origin-meaning/2678>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-name-origin-meaning/2678 "2022-05-23T19:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![rodrigo.barreiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@rodrigo.barreiro](https://discuss.hail.is/u/rodrigo.barreiro)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-name-origin-meaning/2678/1 "2022-05-23T19:02:23Z")

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Hello all,

Sorry for the silly question but I couldn’t find the answer for this anywhere.

Is the name “Hail” an acronym for anything? If not, where the inspiration for the name came from?

Thank you all,  
Rodrigo

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**Author:** ![danking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/danking/32/43_2.png) [@danking](https://discuss.hail.is/u/danking)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-name-origin-meaning/2678/2 "2022-05-24T13:57:58Z")

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This is a great question! Hail is not an acronym. Hail is the weather phenomenon that makes PLINK sounds in a cloud.

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**Author:** ![rodrigo.barreiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@rodrigo.barreiro](https://discuss.hail.is/u/rodrigo.barreiro)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/hail-name-origin-meaning/2678/3 "2022-05-24T14:52:57Z")

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🤯

That is some next-level naming.

Thank you, Dan