Volkswagen Files Eight Names For Its Latest Vehicles, Names That Have Some Meaning

Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace. (Doc. Volkswagen Group)

JAKARTA - Volkswagen is one of the busiest manufacturers of the year. The company reportedly submitted a new trademark to the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) for eight names for its newest vehicles.

Quoted from CarBuzz, Tuesday, March 5, the names proposed by this brand include Airon, Angra, Hera, Tempus, Tera, Therion, Throne, and Tukan. Each of these names has a special meaning in it.

For example, Airon which means 'voluntary mountain'. Angra has a dual meaning; in Portuguese, the word means 'entrance', while in Ancient Norse, its meaning is related to grief or difficulty. This name is also associated with Angra Mainyu, the spirit of evil in Zoroastrian's trust.

Hera is taken from Greek mythology, referring to the goddess who is responsible for marriage and the harmony of marriage. Hera also symbolizes the protector of women at birth, so it is suitable to be used as a name for family vehicles.

Tempus comes from Latin which means 'time', and is also a word in Finnish, Swedish, and German that refers to grammar. Tera is defined as one trillion or comes from the word Teratos associated with monsters.

Therion has the meaning of being a 'baric animal' in Greek, and is also the name of the wasp genus as well as the ancient Greek name for the Lupus constellation.

While Thrin only has the meaning of 't See' in German, and Tukan is an alternative spelling for one of the tropical bird species, Toucan.

While all of this is still speculative, it is possible that new models using early letters 'T' can refer to crossover models or SUVs, as seen in T-Cross, Tiguan, and Touareg.