Origin of The Simpsons' Names
Wikipedia has a neat list of the origins of the names of "Springfieldians," many of which came from people and places familiar to Matt Groening (the show's creator): [ul class="square"][li] Lisa Marie Simpson – Lisa Groening (Matt Groening's sister) and Lisa Marie Presley[/li][li] Marge – Marjorie (commonly called Marge) Groening (Matt Groening's mother was named "Margaret" and nicknamed "Marge")[/li][li] Homer – Homer Groening (Matt Groening's father and one of his sons)[/li][li] Maggie – Maggie Groening (one of Matt Groening's sisters)[/li][li] Bart – an anagram for "brat", a reference to Groening himself[/li][/ul] [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_name_origins"]Link[/a]