90482 Orcus objects with a similar size and orbit to that of Pluto are named after underworld deities. Accordingly, the discoverers suggested naming the object after "Orcus", the Etruscan god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. The name was also a private reference to the homonymous Orcas Island, where Brown's wife Diane had lived as a child and that they visit frequently. On March 30, 2005, Orcus's companion, Vanth, was named after a winged female demon of the Etruscan underworld. She could be present at the moment
Names of God in Islam While the names of God themselves are reserved to God and their use as a person's given name is considered religiously inappropriate, theophoric names can however be formed by either removing the definite article "al" (ال), or prefixing the term "ˁabdu" (عَبْدُ - "servant of") to the name. For example, a person may not be named "Al-Karīm" (ٱلْكَرِيمُ - "the Generous") or "Al-Mālik" (ٱلْمَـٰلِك - "the King"), but may be named simply "Karīm" (كَرِيمُ - "Generous") or "Mālik" (مَـٰلِك - "King"), as well as "ˤAbd ul-Karīm" (عَبْدُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ - "servant of the Generous") or "ˤAbd ul-Mālik" (عَبْدُ ٱلْمَـٰلِك - "servant