Google was a stupid name too (a deliberately misspelled googol) but hey, it stuck and people are used to it now.

But DuckDuckGo just doesn't roll off your tongue, does it? Brand names are totally allowed to be stupid, as long as they're pronounceable.

Why do you care what it's named? Set it as the default search engine, and just type your query in the address bar and you'll get the results. In fact whatever you typed in duckduckgo's search field can be typed directly in the browser address bar (including switches like !g or !im)

Or if you use it frequently, just type 'd' and it'll be the first result.

As for the name, I call it DDG, which is also what I call David de Gea :-)

Google was originally called 'BackRub'. I can only imagine the jokes and double entendres, which would have followed with that naming scheme.

https://about.google/our-story/

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-google...

Not only are they used to it, it's been added into the English dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/googl...