Where did they get the name "Oreo's" from?!

Oreo comes from the Greek root for appetizing as in orexin or orexigenic (appetite stimulating) or anorexic (loss of appetite). There are many theories pointing to the origin of the name 'Oreo', including derivations from the French word 'Or', meaning gold (as early packaging was gold), or the Greek word 'Oros', meaning mountain or hill (as the original Oreo was mound shaped) or even the Greek word 'Oreo', meaning beautiful or nice.

Other theories are that the 're' from cream was 'sandwiched' between the two Os from cookie, or the word 'just seemed like a nice, melodic combination of sounds'. A TV spot for the Got Milk? campaign showed a false etymology where, when at a board meeting to decide the name of the cookie, one of the members is asked for his opinion; the member, who just ate a cookie and does not have any milk to wash it down responds "I don't know," which is heard by the board member as "Oreo."

History
Two regular Oreo cookies
The distinctive face of an Oreo cookieThe Oreo biscuit was developed and produced by Nabisco in 1912[2][3] at its Chelsea factory in New York City. It was commercialized in order to target the British market, whose biscuits were seen by Nabisco to be too 'ordinary'.[4][unreliable source?] Originally, Oreo was mound-shaped and available in two flavors; lemon meringue and cream. In America, they were sold for 25 cents a pound in novelty cans with glass tops, which allowed customers to see the cookies. A newer design for the cookie was introduced in 1916, and as the cream filling was by far the more popular of the two available flavors, Nabisco discontinued production of the lemon meringue filling during the 1920s. The modern-day Oreo was developed in 1952 by William A. Turnier,[4] to include the Nabisco logo.

Oreo is very similar to the Hydrox cookie manufactured by Sunshine, which was introduced in 1908, leading to speculation that Nabisco obtained the idea from Sunshine. Having lost market share to Oreo for years, Hydrox cookies were withdrawn in 1999.[5]

The product is distributed under the Kraft parent label and has no mention of the US subdivision Nabisco that is used in all countries where it is available for retail. In Canada, it is marketed under the Christie brand name.

Oreo's recipe used to use pork fat (lard) to create the creme filling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo

OREO Biscuit was first produced in 1912. The story behind the naming of this cookie is not actually known, but it could possibly originate from the Greek word "oreo" meaning hill or mountain. When in testing stages, or when it was first produced, it was shaped like a baseball mound or a hill - hence, an "oreo". This seems likely since the President of Nabisco at the time, A. W. Green, had a tendency to choose classical names for the new cookies being introduced.

The name originally was registered in 1913 as OREO Biscuit, again in 1921 as OREO Sandwich, in 1948 as OREO Creme Sandwich and in 1975 as OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies. Throughout the four variations of the name, it has remained one of Nabisco's largest selling products and one of the country's favorite cookies.

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