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by pama 5393 days ago
Trello means crazy in greek.
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And 'trell' means slave in norwegian.

I don't think you can avoid this kind of thing if you want a short and pronounceable name.

I think you mean "τρελός" :)

From the look of it, there's only one L.

Actually, it used to be spelled with a double "λ" but went out of fashion in favor of the simpler form.
There's an older spelling with double lambda. Also, trello is the neuter gender.
Sounds a bit like "traineau" in french, which means "sleigh".