Where did the rock group named "THE BEETLES get their name from?

Answer 1

the BEATLES was derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles". later changed to just "the beatles."

Answer 2

They went by the names Quarrymen and the Silver Beetles a while later, then shortened and mutated that to the Beatles. The original bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe came up with the Beetles in 1960, he was a fan huge of Buddy Holly & the Crickets (crickets-beetles). After which John Lennon is credited with combining Beetles and Beat to come up with the Beatles spelling.

Answer 3

The Quarrymen went through a progression of names — "Johnny and the Moondogs", "Long John and the Beatles", "The Silver Beetles" (derived from Larry Parnes' suggestion of "Long John and the Silver Beetles") — and eventually decided on "the Beatles". There are many theories as to the origin of the name and its unusual spelling; it is usually credited to Lennon, who said that the name was a combination word-play on the insects "beetles" (as a nod/compliment to Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets) and the word "beat". Cynthia Lennon suggests that Lennon came up with the name Beatles at a "brainstorming session over a beer-soaked table in the Renshaw Hall bar...".

Answer 4

They were first known as The Quarrymen.Then go over a series of names--Johnny and the Moondogs, Long john and the Beatles,The Silver Beetles--and then decided to be The Beatles.The name is usually credited to Lennon,who said that the name was a combination word play on the insects "beetles"( as a nod to Buddy Holly's band "The Cricket") and the word "beat." Cynthia Lennonsuggests that Lennon came up with the name Beatles at a "brainstorming session over a beer-soaked table in the Renshaw Hall bar...". Lennon also said, "If you turn it round it is 'les beat', which sounds French and cool. Lennon — who was well known for giving multiple versions of the same story — joked in a 1961 Mersey Beat magazine article that "It came in a vision — a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day on you are Beatles with an A"

From the Beatles Anthology1 album sleeve: "We didn't dream it --though it came out of John's dream of the "man on a flaming pie" who said: "You are Beatles with an 'A' "

Answer 5

Beetles or Beatles