Historically, Linus didn't name linux. Other people did it for him.

> During the start of his work on the system, he stored the files under the name "Freax" for about half of a year. Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux", but initially dismissed it as too egotistical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#Naming

He did name Git, tho