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I had no idea that “Ada” and “Haskell” were intended to be people names. Those are not super common names. And I had totally forgotten about Miranda, which I agree has the same issue.

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I see, that's what I thought. No problem with naming languages after people, but it's easier if it's an homage to a certain person. Common first and last names alone often point to confusing people, and there might be a certain dissonance between the mental images ("I pulled some Julias pigtails in kindergarten, now I have her name on a CV?").

The same problem would probably arise if the last names would be more common, too. "Pascal" and "Turing are probably rare enough ('though "Pascal" was a bit in fashion as a boy's name in Germany when I was young).

I agree that it's easier when it's an homage to a certain person, and a last name, like Pascal. I actually knew that about Pascal but never gave it a second thought.

According to Wikipedia at least, "Julia" is not named after anyone in particular.

Pascal is also a first name in France even though in the case of the programming language, it is named after Blaise Pascal last name.

Ada was named after Ada Lovelace, for context. And it’s definitely not a common name anymore, at least in the US. It dropped off significantly through the 20th century with a spike several years ago.

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