His sister was named Pleasant, who may also have inspired the name.
This term apparently also inspired the name of the alternate history book list, uchronia.net.
The first 300, introduced in 1955, was quick, thanks to a 300-horsepower engine, which inspired its name.
This is said to have inspired their common name.
Incidentally, those three, we were told, inspired the restaurant's name.
There are various people who might have inspired the name:
The idea that the disease is caused by multiple factors (not just one mental cause) inspired the new name.
These two mills inspired the first name for the town: Millville.
She claims a woman she knew in college, who named her daughter 'America', inspired the name.
In those two "choices" the false dichotomy inspired the name.