An anadrome is a word that has its spelling derived by reversing the spelling of another word.[ citation needed ] It is therefore a special type of anagram. There is a long history of names being coined as ananyms of existing words or names for entities related to the thing named by this subset of anadromes.
| Anadrome | Derived from | Explanation | Type | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20461 Dioretsa | asteroid | asteroid with retrograde orbit | astronomy | |
| Livic | civil (engineering) | trade newspaper, "a reflection of Civil Engineering" | work | |
| Rekkof Aircraft | Fokker | Rekkof aircraft are based on Fokker designs | business | |
| Redrum | Murder | Song by 21 Savage. Also in The Shining | Entertainment | |
| yrneh | henry | A unit of measurement for reciprocal electrical inductance. | electricity | |
| daraf | farad | a unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal farad. | electricity | |
| mho | ohm | A unit of electrical conductance which is the reciprocal of an ohm. Now known by its official SI name "siemens" although mho is still sometimes used. | electricity | |
| Trebor | Robert | Source of the names of Trebor confectionery, Robert Trebor, and probably Trebor the composer | name (alias) and product | |
| Trebor and Werdna | Robert [Woodhead] and Andrew [C. Greenberg] | Characters in Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord computer game named after its programmers. | work | |
| Seltaeb | Beatles | Beatles' merchandising company | business | |
| Llareggub | "bugger all" | In Under Milk Wood | work | |
| Harpo Productions | Oprah (Winfrey) | Oprah's media company | business | |
| Senim Silla | "all is mines" | "mines" is AAVE for "mine". | name (alias) | [1] |
| Navi | (Virgil) Ivan (Grissom) | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy | [2] |
| Dnoces | (Edward H. White the) Second | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy | [2] |
| Regor | Roger (Chaffee) | Apollo program joke by Grissom | astronomy | [2] |
| Erewhon | "nowhere" | A utopia and the title of an 1872 novel by Samuel Butler. The digraph <wh> is not reversed. Many names within the book are also ananyms. | work | [3] |
| elgooG | reverse-spelling search engine | business | ||
| Xallarap | parallax | Converse microlensing effect | term | |
| Ebbot (Lundberg) | Tobbe | Tobbe is the usual hypocoristic of Torbjörn, his real given name. | name (alias) | |
| 로꾸거 (Rokuko) | 거꾸로 (gokkuro) | Backwards for Korean for "backwards" | work | |
| semordnilap | palindromes | A semi-palindrome | term | |
| Xvid | DivX | A competitor | product | |
| Trugoy (The Dove) | yogurt | He likes yogurt | name (alias) | |
| Posdnuos | "Sound-Sop" | High school DJing nickname | name (alias) | |
| MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention System) | spam | reverse backronym | product | |
| Alucard | Dracula | Borne by various characters derived from Dracula | work | |
| Nimda | admin | The computer worm assumed admin-like powers. | product | |
| Nogard | Dragon | Character in Alan F. Beck art series The Adventures of Nogard & Jackpot | name | [4] |
| Emirp | Prime | An emirp is a prime number that results in a different prime when its digits are reversed. | term | |
| (Coquitlam) Adanac(s) | Canada | Team is Canadian | organization | |
| Nujabes | Jun Seba | His real name | name (alias) | |
| Essiac | Rene Caisse | Its inventor | product | |
| "Revilo" | Oliver Christianson | His real name | name (alias) | |
| Adanac (Nipissing District, Ontario) | Canada | Location | placename | |
| "Airegin" | Nigeria | Composer Sonny Rollins is African American | work | |
| Yarg | (Allan and Jenny) Gray | Couple who provided the recipe | product | |
| Soma Records | Amos Heilicher | Owner | business | |
| Nomad (British band) | Damon (Rochefort) | Founder member | organization | |
| Gnip Gnop | ping pong | Reminiscent of the other tabletop game | product | |
| Trebloc, Mississippi | Colbert | Local family, whose name is found in many places; the reversal was "to avoid further repetition". | placename | [5] |
| "Nagirroc" | Corrigan | Owner's surname | placename | |
| Strebor | Roberts | Founder/owner? | business | |
| Ridan (horse) | Nadir | Named after another horse | name (animal) | |
| Niloak Pottery | kaolin | Material used in products | business | |
| Rellim Farm | (Paul) Miller | Founder | business | |
| Yellek, Ontario | (R. J.) Kelley | Trainmaster at the passing point | placename | |
| Nomar (Garciaparra) | Ramon | His father's name | name | |
| OAT (organizing autonomous telecomms) | TAO (The Anarchy Organization) | reverse backronym of its former name | organization | |
| Kroz | Zork | Homage to older computer game | product | |
| Ani Lorak | Karolina | Her real forename | name (alias) | |
| Sevas Tra | "art saves" | work | ||
| Azed | (Diego) Deza | Crossword compiler named after Spanish inquisitor | name (alias) | [6] |
| Tesremos | (Derrick) Somerset (Macnutt) | His middle name | name (alias) | [7] |
| Sualocin | Nicolaus (Venator) | Niccolò Cacciatore's name (~Nicholas Hunter) Latinized and reversed | astronomy | [8] |
| Rotanev | (Nicolaus) Venator | Niccolò Cacciatore's name (~Nicholas Hunter) Latinized and reversed | astronomy | [8] |
| Senrab (F.C.) | Barnes | After Senrab Street, after Barnes Street | organization | |
| (Neuchâtel) Xamax | Max (Abegglen) | Founder, backwards and forwards | organization | |
| C. W. Ceram | K. W. Marek | Surname Latinised and reversed | name (alias) | [9] |
| Allerednic | Cinderella | A "riches to rags" tale as opposed to Cinderella's rags to riches. Used by Jonathan Gershuny of high-achieving women whose careers stall after marriage. [10] | term | |
| Llamedos | sod 'em all | in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels (modelled on Llaregub) | placename | [11] |
| Esio Trot | tortoise | Children's book by Roald Dahl | work | |
| Nevaeh | Heaven | feminine name | name | |
| Гярб вечнълс (Giarb vechnals) | Слънчев бряг (Slanchev briag, "Sunny Beach") | Bulgarian alphabet ananym | placename | |
| Namyats | [Sam] Stayman | Bridge convention invented by Stayman, who also invented the Stayman convention. | term | [12] |
| Adaven | Nevada | ghost town | placename | |
| Etnaviv | Vivante | open-source driver for Vivante GPU | product | |
| Namor | Roman | Comic book character whose creator wrote down noble-sounding names backwards and thought Roman/Namor looked the best | name | |
| Eivets Rednow | Stevie Wonder | Music album named from its artist | work | |
| Yen Sid | Disney | The powerful sorcerer in Fantasia (1940), whose apprentice Mickey Mouse causes mayhem after borrowing his master's hat. | name | [13] |
| Klim | milk | A brand of powdered milk sold by Nestlé, early ads featuring the slogan "Spell it backwards." | product | [14] |
| Nevar | Raven | The nemesis of the main character, the sorcerer Raven. | work | |
| Rednaxela Terrace, Hong Kong | Alexander | Believed to have been originally named after a Mr. Alexander, who partially owned the street, but reversed due to a clerical error | placename | [15] [16] |
| (the Mirror of) Erised | desire | Its full inscription (mirrored and correctly spaced) reads "I show not your face but your heart’s desire." | name | |
| Nitsuga | Agustín | Pseudonym of Agustín Barrios-Mangoré | name |
Many jazz titles were written by reversing names or nouns: Ecaroh inverts the spelling of its composer Horace Silver's Christian name. Sonny Rollins dedicated to Nigeria a tune called "Airegin".
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