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Adolf named the car after KdF. Ferdinand Porsche apparently was the one who wanted it called “Volkswagen”.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

It was also referred to at various times as “Volksauto” or “Kleinauto”, but the name Volkswagen eventually stuck, so that’s how I referred to it.

Small Wonder, by Walter Henry Nelson, is a good history of the Volkswagen.