History Main / NamedAfterTheirPlanet

* An extreme version was used in ''{{South Park}}'', where not only were the inhabitants of an alien planet called Marklars, but ''all'' marklars were replaced with the marklar "marklar".

* The only sentient species we know of, the human race, has its English name from the Latin "humanus" by way of French. The ultimate origin is thought to be Proto-Indo-European dhǵhem- which means "earth".
* Humans are also called Earthlings or Terrans (from Latin ''Terra'').
* In biblical Hebrew, the word for "man," Adam, comes from the word for "earth," Adama.

* ''DragonballZ'': Used with the Nameks, but averted with the Saiyans, whose planet is called Vegeta.

** Wait, I thought they were called 'Namekians'.

* Notably consisten in E.E "Doc" Smith's {{Lensman}} series: earth is always referred to as "Tellus" and humans as "Tellurians" in just the same way that all of the other species are named after their planets of origin.

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** Lampshaded with the Slitheen (of the Raxicoricofallapatorius Slitheen), who correct the cast, stating that it's their last name, not their species.

*** That brings up a bit of FridgeLogic: How do the Andalites determine which of the regularly-shaped objects orbiting a star count as planets? We had trouble with that, and we live here. (Though it's possible that the Sol system has an unusual amount of big chunks of rocky debris floating around at its edge.) If Pluto does count, there's no reason to stop at nine; it'd be ten (or eleven, depending on whether Charon gets its own slot; it and Pluto are a binary system, but it's still one orbit around the sun) at least, since the dwarf planet Eris is bigger than Pluto.

** Andalites use a complex Alpha-Numiric system to designate planets, invoking the type of star to give the star a name, and giving the planet a number x/y where x is the number of the planet and y is the total number of planets in the system. To give an idea, Earth would be Sol 3/8 or Sol 3/9 (depending on a certain planet.)

* In LarryNiven's ''Draco Tavern'' stories, human beings are called ''tee tee hatch nex ool'' (their biological specification code) by other species. Of course, then fed through a [[TranslatorMicrobes translator]], ''tee tee hatch nex ool'' comes out "human".

* Iain M. Banks' TheCulture are an exception, being formed around Orbital habitats (think {{Halo}}, {{Ringworld}}, {{Dyson Sphere}}s) and very large spacecraft.

*** The volus homeworld is actually 'Irune'. No explaination is given for why they call every other species after their homeworld or lack thereof.

*** The Volus homeworld is actually 'Irune'. No explaination is given for why they call every other species after their homeworld or lack thereof.

** Interestingly, the second most important alien species, from planet Vort, are apparently called "Vorts" themselves. [[FanNickname Fans inevitably call them]] "Vortians," however.
*** For once the fans may be right. At least one [[AllThereInTheScript script]] ("The Trial") does refer to them as "Vortians".

** Interestingly, the second most important alien species, from planet Vort, are apparently called "Vorts" themselves. [[FanNickname Fans inevitably call them]] "Vortians," however.

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', we're "Earthicans".

** Lampshaded with the Slitheen (of the Raxicoricofalibitorius Slitheen), who correct the cast, stating that it's their last name, not their species.

* Technically speaking we are. The word is derived from ''humus'', meaning Earth. We just changed the name of our planet later on.
** Um, no. You didn't do the research. Human comes from the Latin Homo, Homonis (Man/Person) by way of French.
*** Homo in turn meaning something like "the same", or "alikes", or in other words, Earth is populated by an intelligent species of that refers to themselves as "the-ones-who-look-the-same-as-ourselves".
**** That meaning of "homo" is Greek, not Latin. See the word "homosexual," as in one attracted to the ''same'' sex.
** Because obviously there can't be more than one influence for a word? Both of the above make sense.
*** Etymological dictionaries seem to agree with you. Wikipedia says that the root might come from a completely different word that means "earth" (dhghem) or from an independent root all its own.
*** "Human", "humus", and (Latin) "homo" all come from ''*dhghem'' (or rather from ablaut forms ''*dhghom-'' and ''*dhghm-'').
** And remember, english is not the only language. For example, while no one is sure of what "člověk" (=human in czech) etymologically descended from, the prevalent idea is something related to age, ie. "full aged", "long aged", "short aged" or something like that. What is absolutely sure though is that it has nothing to do with Earth. SoYeah.
** Humus means "earth" as in "soil." The planet Earth is called Terra. Some settings do call humans "Terrans," such as {{Starcraft}}.
*** Which is why we are called "humans" - we're of the soil, as opposed to the gods, who are of the sky.