[MsMarvelDuckie]

Actually, it was discussed in the third issue, I think(not sure of exact issue #, as I only have it in TPB which doesn't # the issues), when they first mutated and Splinter said that since they had been given a new life, they should take new names that reflected their new selves- the ones that April gave them.


@ The Sewer Lord: My thoughts exactly. If Splinter was Slavic, then calling them "Splintersson" would have made sense. But he's not- he's from Japan(does a Japanese rat squeak in Japanese? How could one tell?), so the name of his owner (or family depending on which origin we're using) should be Hamato, and by extension, so should theirs.