Why is it called Monero?

Question

Why is Monero called Monero? Shouldn't it have a cool tech-sounding name like Bitcoin or Interslice or Globalcom?

Answer 1

Monero translates to coin in Esperanto. The name of the original project that Monero is based on was called BitMonero, or literally BitCoin in Esperanto.

Answer 2

As revler1082 has already said, Monero translates to coin in Esperanto. In its early existence Monero used to be called Bitmonero (which translates to Bitcoin in Esperanto). During the community take-over the community decided to drop the "bit" part and stick with Monero. The name Monero actually makes sense if you look at other languages. That is:

The word for "money" and/or "coin" in the most spoken European languages:

• English: money (money)

• Spanish: dinero (money) / monedar (coin)

• Russian: монета (coin) [sounds like "maneta"]

• Portuguese: dinheiro (money) / moeda (coin

• French: monnaie (money/coin)

• German: Münze (coin)

• Italian: denaro (money) / moneta (coin)

• Polish: moneta (coin)

• Ukrainian: монета (coin)

• Romanian: monedă (coin)

• Dutch: munt (coin)

• Serbian: монета (money)

• Irish: mona (money)

• Estonian: monēta (money)

• Lithuanian: moneta (money)

So esperanto for money (mono) and coin (monero) seems to be a very good fit for a lot of languages!

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/4aw7xf/pretty_brutal_thread_on_4chan_people_hate_the/d14qe2m