Although Bluetooth on all our smartphones, computers or other devices is being used to play music from one device to another, to exchange files, to link printers to computers, etc., its history is different.
You may be wondering how Bluetooth, which was invented 28 years ago, got its name, or what it means, or for what purpose it was invented. Even though it has been 28 years since its invention, the name Bluetooth has come a long way.
The name is believed to have originated from a Nordic ruler who ruled over a century ago. King Harald ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, who brought Denmark and Norway together in the tenth century.
The nickname Tooth is believed to have evolved after his death. Bluetooth was built to exchange data between devices with physically close connections.
It was named after King Harald’s idea of uniting the two nations. In the beginning, when technology was being developed, Bluetooth did not mean anything other than the title of the internal code.
The engineer decided to install it under a code name as other options were failing to make it as desired and could not be made public in due course. As important and meaningful as the name Bluetooth is, so is its logo.
The Bluetooth logo is made up of the two letters * (Hagall) and ᛒ (Bjarkan) of the ‘cry’ script, which was initially developed under the leadership of King Harald. King Herald ruled Ubela in Norway, introducing Christianity to Scandinavia.
The territory today is divided into southern Sweden, northern Germany, and Denmark. Some believe that his nickname Tooth originated from the color of his skin, while others believe that his nickname was Tooth because of his uniquely colored teeth.
Centuries ago, the word blaa was translated into their language as black, and the modern Danish word for blaa is blue. Bluetooth is believed to have evolved from there.
