Answered How did the Titanic gets its name?

[Anonymous]

Who named the Titanic and why did they call it the Titanic?

 

[Encyclopedia Titanica]

The RMS Titanic is named after Greek Mythological creatures Titans.

 

[Johan Björklund]

Which in turn was a natural continuation of the naming of her sister ship, the Titans being fellow deities to the Olympians.

The Olympic in turn likely got her name inspired by the Olympic games that were held in London in 1908, the same period as the ships were being planned.

 

[Milos Grkovic]

She was named after the Greek Mythological God Titan.

 

[Robert T. Paige]

The names of White Star ships ended in "ic" such as Titanic, Olympic, Britannic, etc.

Cunard ended in "ia" such as Lusitania, Mauretania, etc.

There is a story (which I don't know if it is true or not.....LOL) that the new ship that Cunard was building in the 1930's was to be named "Victoria". The ship builders told King George V
the new ship was to be named for "The most illustrious Queen in British History" (or something to that effect) . When King George V heard this, he replied " I shall tell my wife. She will be very pleased to hear this !" ......and the name of the new ship was to be "Queen Mary"

There is also a story that the next White Star ship after Olympic and Titanic was to be named "Gigantic", but this was changed to Britannic.

 

[Bob_Read]

And following the theme of Greek gods is one of the reasons that many believe that the third sister was to be named Gigantic after the Gigantes (Giants). Thus we would have the Olympians, the Titans, and the Giants.

 

[Sam Brannigan]

Which in turn was a natural continuation of the naming of her sister ship, the Titans being fellow deities to the Olympians.

The Olympic in turn likely got her name inspired by the Olympic games that were held in London in 1908, the same period as the ships were being planned.

The Oceanic (1899) was to have been the first of two ships in her class; the second one would have been named Olympic but she was postponed after the death of Thomas Ismay and then cancelled as the Big Four project was advanced.

 

[Mark Baber]

There was no god called Titan,; the Titans were a group, not an individual. See the following message:

Titanic Cursed Birth

Can anyone name one religious tradition that is documented to have successfully sunk *any* floating object merely by cursing it? Not quite, James, but consider the following: Back when the world was young, the Greek gods of Mount Olympus assumed their lofty role by defeating the Titans in...

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

 

[Milos Grkovic]

Guess I was wrong.

 

[Jim Currie]

The Titans were the Gods that came before the more familiars Greek Gods we know of . The mighty Titans were a powerful race that ruled the world before Olympians, in a time of the Golden Age of man. They were immortal giants