I’ve searched around for this already but ironically the results have been overshadowed by “Why C was named C” instead.
If C was named “C” because it came after B, why was B named "B", since the only languages preceding B were FORTRAN and Plankalkül?
Is it possible naming B - “B” was a play on “Assembly” abbreviated - “A” since B is higher level than Assembly and follows this same construct?