Origin of the name "Letos"?

[abdeldjalil-fellah]

I was curious about the new name Letos. Is there a story or meaning behind it? How did you come up with the name?

[pawelsalawa]

I've set myself a set of strict requirements:

• it should be as unique as possible (it's hard, given the rest of requirements)
• it should be short
• it should be easy to write, regardless of native language
• it should be easy to pronounce, regardless of native language,
• it should be easy to use in sentences
• it should sound good when pronounced
• it shouldn't be associated with SQLite (that was the main reason for changing the name)
• there should be no project of this name on github
• the .org domain should be available

Then I gave myself some time to think about it. I tried asking AI for proposals, but it never gave satisfying results.

One day I was reflecting on the universe of Dune and it just struck me - Duke Leto -> Leto -> Letos. Easy to write, read, pronounce, noble origins :) I only had to check for uniqueness, domain availability, etc. It all checked out.

The word "letos" has a meaning in the Czech language (it means "This year" if I'm not mistaken), but that's the only reference to this word I found on the internet.

So, the story behind the name Letos begins with Dune and my fondness for its universe.

[pawelsalawa]

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