âWhatâs in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.â
Poor Juliet! She knows that because Romeoâs last name is Montague, she is forbidden to have anything to do with him. So she ponders the importance â or rather the unimportance â of names. She sees him just as he IS, and doesnât care about his name.
The names chosen for places can carry a great deal of weight, just like Romeoâs family name of Montague.
The name will, perhaps forever, record the founder of this place, the people who lived in this place, an important event that happened in this place. Place names have been given in the hopes that the name will attract people to settle in that place or to honor someone who might give a bequest to that place.