The most common answer historians give is that the name came from Samuel Wilson.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

"I really cannot give you an answer in terms of a definitive date by which we are going to be done,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"I wish I could give you the good answer, 'Yes,tomorrow will be a better day',"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

She urged the Tehran government to give a definitive answer to an offer by major powers to further process Iranian enriched uranium outside that country to resupply a Tehran reactor, running low on fuel, that produces isotopes for medical purposes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09