Kinda the other way around right? Java was a popular language at the time so Brendan Eich picked that as part of the name to make his new language more popular.

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padjo 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Pretty sure Brendan Eich had nothing to do with the name JavaScript. That was a name cooked up by the marketing department.

	▲	uncircle 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		That is correct: in Brendan's own words: https://youtu.be/XOmhtfTrRxc?si=5J7LrNIaNo-_GNf7&t=99 (starts at 1:39)

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thw_9a83c 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe. However, he wouldn't have been allowed to choose the name "JavaScript" if Netscape and Sun hadn't been in a business partnership. So my point is still valid. It was just a random ride on the Java wave.