[bitt]

just learned how PF got their name.. eeew..

[Hotlanta Mike]

How about Steely Dan?

[oldvirginian]

“just learned how PF got their name.. eeew..”

I have read several places they took the names of two US blues performers to make the name.
That is the accepted version of the story.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-the-‘Pink-Floyd’-band-name

Do you have a link to something different?

[P.O.E.]

The names Pink and Floyd came from two of Syd Barrett’s favourite Carolina bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council,